Surveillance of multidrug-resistant strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in southern Italy in the years 1992-1997

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-139

  Nastasi, Antonino ^a   Mammina, Caterina ^a  

^a Centro per gli Enterobatteri patogeni dell Italia meridionale(CEPIM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; S. typhimurium; Typing

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; QUINOLONE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ITALY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0034110857     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007680500678     Document Type: Article

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