Drug resistance and plasmid profile of Shigella organisms from different outbreaks in Trinidad and Tobago in 1994

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Orrett, F A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b NONE   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; PLASMID DNA; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0030765365     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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