Antibiotic resistance in Shigella and Salmonella in a region of Lithuania

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 872-876

  Jensen, G ^a,b,c   Wandall, D A ^a   Gaarslev, K ^d   Panavas, S ^b   Gutschik, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KMU Clinic of Infectious Diseases   (Lithuania)

^c Statens Seruminstitut ^*  (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; USSR;

EID: 0029757545     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691220     Document Type: Article

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