Epidemic Shigella dysenteriae in Mumias, western Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-31

  Iversen, Else Refsgaard ^a,b   Colding, Hanne ^b   Petersen, Lars ^a   Ngetich, Robert ^a   Shanks, G Dennis ^c  

^a St Mary's Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c US Army Medical Research Unit Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Dysentery; Shigella dysenteriae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFUGEE; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS;

SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0031930252     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90942-7     Document Type: Article

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