As;Ciprofloxacine dans le traitement de la dysenterie àShigella dysenteriae de type 1 lors d'une épidémie chez les réfugiés rwandais à Goma en 1994

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-305

  Laureillard, Didier ^a   Paquet, Christophe ^a   Malvy, Denis ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFUGEES; RWANDA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032323667     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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