Antibiotic resistance and sero-groups of Shigella among paediatric out-patients in Southwest Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 296-299

  Mache, A ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0035542152     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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