Asymptomatic salmonellosis and drug susceptibility in the Buea District, Cameroon

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 254-257

  Nkuo Akenji, T K ^a   Ntemgwa, M L ^b   Ndip, R N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038825870     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v47i11.8626     Document Type: Article

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