Trend of antibiotic resistance in 1316 Shigella strains isolated in Bahrain

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 424-426

  Jamsheer, Affaf E ^a   Bindayna, Khalid M ^a   Al Balooshi, Noor A ^a   Botta, Giuseppe A ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BAHRAIN; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

BAHRAIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0037517046     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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