Existing status of shigellosis in Andaman & Nicobar islands

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 103, Issue MAR., 1996, Pages 134-137

  Ghosh, A R ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhoea; Antibiotic resistance; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0029962338     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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