Genotypes of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium from two regions of Kenya

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-13

  Kariuki, Samuel ^a,c   Oundo, Joseph O ^a   Muyodi, Jane ^a   Lowe, Brett ^b   Threlfall, E John ^d   Hart, C Anthony ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotype; Kenya; Multidrug resistant typhimurium; Phage type

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033839861     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(00)00180-2     Document Type: Article

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