Changes in patterns of antimicrobial susceptibility and integron carriage among Shigella sonnei isolates from southwestern Korea during epidemic periods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 421-423

  Oh, Jae Young ^a   Yu, Hak Sun ^b   Kim, Sung Ki ^b   Seol, Seong Yong ^b   Cho, Dong Taek ^b   Lee, Je Chul ^c  

^a Seonam University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC SELECTION; INTEGRON; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0037231999     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.421-423.2003     Document Type: Article

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