Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Shigella and non-typhi Salmonella isolated from patients with diarrhoea

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 109, Issue FEB., 1999, Pages 43-45

  Gupta, Varsha ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Drug resistance; Non typhi Salmonella; Shigella spp

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033014544     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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