Isolation of nalidixic acid resistant Campylobacters from cases of paediatric diarrhoea in Chennai

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-162

  Ananthan, S ^a   Swarna, S R ^b   Alavandi, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NALIDIXIC ACID;

EID: 0032152678     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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