Emergence of nalidixic acid resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in Thailand: An outbreak associated with consumption of a coconut milk dessert

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1228-1232

  Hoge, Charles W ^a   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^a   Tungtaem, Chatchai ^b   Echeverria, Peter ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Suan Phung Hospital ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coconut milk; Epidemiology; Nalidixic acid resistance; Outbreak; Shigella dysentenae 1; Thailand

Indexed keywords

NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COCONUT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; THAILAND;

ASIA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCOS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; THAILAND;

EID: 0029616394     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.6.1228     Document Type: Article

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