Intercontinental spread of a trimethoprim-resistant strain of Shigella flexneri;Dispersión intercontinental de una cepa de Shigella flexneri resistente a trimetoprima

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 401-403

  Navia, Margarita M ^a   Ruiz, Joaquim ^a   Vila, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clonal spread; dfrA7; Resistance; Travelers; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; TANZANIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0142027077     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13051903     Document Type: Article

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