Shigellosis in Israel - Update 1995

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 213-225

  Ostroi, Pesach ^a   Anis, Emilia ^a   Green, Manfred S ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0030467511     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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