Hospitalized dysentery cases during an outbreak of Shigella dysenteriae type I: Ndanga District Hospital, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 177-179

  Mudzamiri, W S ^a   L'Herminez, M ^b   Peterson, D E ^c   Nhindiri, P ^b  

^a Police General Headquarters   (Zimbabwe)

^b Ministry of Health ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ARTICLE; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0029816796     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Ries AA, Wells JC, Olivola D, et al. Epidemic Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in Burundi: panresistance and implications for prevention. Infect Dis 1994;169:1035-41.
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