Antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella from a rural community in Bangladesh

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 643-647

  Mamun, K Z ^a   Tabassum, S ^a   Hussain, M A ^b   Shears, P ^c  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Rajbari District Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030863879     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813183     Document Type: Article

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