Shigella and the fluorinated quinolones

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-456

  Ballal, Mamatha ^a   Baby, ^a   Chandran, Arun ^a   Mathew, Manoj ^a   Shivananda, P G ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

'R' factor transfer; Drug resistance; Nalildixic acid; Newer fluoroquinolones; Shigella

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; NONHUMAN; R FACTOR; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; R FACTORS; SHIGELLA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032423139     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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