Trends in antibiotic resistance among diarrheal pathogens isolated in Thailand over 15 years

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Hoge, Charles W ^b   Gambel, Jeffrey M ^a   Srijan, Apichai ^b   Pitarangsi, Chittima ^b   Echeverria, Peter ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031882666     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516303     Document Type: Article

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