Shigella and Salmonella strains isolated from children under 5 years in Gaborone, Botswana, and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-59

  Urio, E M ^a   Collison, E K ^a   Gashe, B A ^a   Sebunya, T K ^a   Mpuchane, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Diarrhoea; Salmonella; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOTSWANA; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOTSWANA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POVERTY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BOTSWANA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0035109164     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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