Antimicrobial-resistant bacterial diarrhea in rural western Kenya

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1701-1704

  Shapiro, Roger L ^a,b,d   Kumar, Lata ^a   Phillips Howard, Penny ^a,c   Wells, Joy G ^a   Adcock, Penny ^a,b   Brooks, John ^a,b   Ackers, Marta Louise ^a,b   Ochieng, John Benjamin ^c   Mintz, Eric ^a   Wahlquist, Susanne ^a   Waiyaki, Peter ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Harvard AIDS Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0035371225     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320710     Document Type: Article

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