Antibiotic resistance pattern of Vibrio Cholerae and Shigella causing diarrhoea outbreaks in the eastern Africa region: 1994-1996

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Materu, S F ^a   Lema, O E ^a   Mukunza, H M ^a   Adhiambo, C G ^a   Carter, J Y ^a  

^a AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; KENYA; NONHUMAN; RWANDA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOMALIA; SUDAN; TANZANIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOMALIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030813555     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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