Multi-drug resistant non-typhi salmonellae in Kenya

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 425-434

  Kariuki, S ^a,b,c   Gilks, C ^b   Corkill, J ^a   Kimari, J ^c   Benea, A ^c   Waiyaki, P ^c   Hart, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KENYA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; KENYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029800173     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.3.425     Document Type: Article

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