The concurrent prevalence of chloramphenicol-sensitive and multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi in Vellore, S. India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-227

  Jesudason, M V ^a   John, R ^a   John, T J ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029865464     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880005247X     Document Type: Article

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