The antibiotic resistance patterns of Salmonella Typhi isolates in Italy, 1980-96

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Scuderi, G ^a   Fantasia, M ^a   Niglio, T ^a   Di Giannatale, E ^l   Altucci, P ^k   Benassi, A ^s   Mucignat, G ^b   Pontello, M ^c   Pizzigalli, C ^m   Ricci, N ⁿ   Manuppella, A ⁿ   Galipo A ^o   Miotti, T ^d   Ocelli, C ^d   Gaffodio, A M ^d   Rizzo, G ^e   Muresu, S ^f   Nastasi, A ^g   Caroli, G ^h   Levre E ^h   Pagoretti, S ^q   Dell'Eva, L ^p   Sempio, L ⁱ   Ceol, A ^r   Scardellato, U ^j   Mottola, A ^j   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Ospedale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d USL 1   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ Lab Multizonale Epidemiologia S   (Italy)

^j USL 10   (Italy)

^k FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l IZS   (Italy)

^m USL 3   (Italy)

ⁿ PMIP   (Italy)

^o USL 51   (Italy)

^p SIP   (Italy)

^q LMP   (Italy)

^r LSP   (Italy)

^s PMP   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; KANENDOMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; ITALY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPING; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0033967486     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003301     Document Type: Article

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