Occurrence and susceptibility to antibiotics of Shigella species in stools of hospitalized children with bloody diarrhea in Pakistan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 800-803

  Khalil, Kausar ^a   Khan, Shaukat R ^a   Mazhar, Khadua ^a   Kaijser, Bertil ^b   Lindblom, Gun Britt ^b  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 0031780487     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.800     Document Type: Article

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