Serogroups and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Salmonella species from a teaching hospital in Kuwait

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-186

  Jamal, Wafaa Y ^a   Pal, T ^a   Rotimi, V O ^a   Chugh, T D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Gastroenteritis; Microbial; Microbial sensitivity tests; Salmonella; Salmonella infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032428164     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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