Emergence of nalidixic acid-resistant Shigella sonnei in acute-diarrhea patients on Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India [3]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1483-

  Ghosh, Asit R ^a   Sugunan, A P ^a   Sehgal, Subhash C ^a   Bharadwaj, A P ^b  

^a Regl Medical Research Centre ICMR   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DILUTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0037378764     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1483.2003     Document Type: Letter

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