Antibiotic Resistance of Shigella in Monrovia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 70-71

  Guyot, A ^a  

^a St Joseph's Catholic Hospital   (Liberia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIBERIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0029900004     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559602600209     Document Type: Article

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