Shigella serogroups identified from adult diarrhoeal out-patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Antibiotic resistance and plasmid profile analysis

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Mache, A ^a   Mengistu, Y ^b   Cowley, S ^c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Amauer Hansen Research Insitute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; TETRACYCLINE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FECES CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PLASMID; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0030754248     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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