Multiresistant Shigella species isolated from childhood diarrhea cases in Kolkata, India

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-34

  Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a   Pazhani, Gururaja Perumal ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INDIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0038813944     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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