Isolation of a fluoroquinolone resistant Shigella dysenteriae 1 strain from Calcutta

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 106, Issue DEC., 1997, Pages 494-496

  Chunder, Nilanjana ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Biswas, D ^a   Niyogi, S K ^a   Kumar, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolone resistance; MIC; Shigella spp.

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0031472214     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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