Antibiotic resistance and genotyping of clinical group B Salmonella isolated in Accra, Ghana

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-294

  Mills Robertson, F ^a,b   Crupper, S S ^c   Addy, M E ^b   Mensah, P ^d  

^a Ctr for Sci Res Into Plant Med   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genotyping; Group B Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA; GENES;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; BIOCHEMICAL TESTING; CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUIDS; CLASSIFIEDS; CLINICAL GROUPS; GENOTYPING; GROUP B SALMONELLA; SEROGROUPS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

SALMONELLA;

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLONE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GHANA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER; URINE;

ACCRA; GHANA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037238195     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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