Vibrio
BacteriologyGold Standard Cholera Diagnostics Are Tarnished by Lytic Bacteriophage and AntibioticsA fundamental, clinical, and scientific concern is how lytic bacteriophage, as well as antibiotics, impact diagnostic positivity. Cholera was chosen as a model disease to investigate this important question, because cholera outbreaks enable large enrollment, field methods are well established, and the predatory relationship between lytic bacteriophage and the etiologic agent...