Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility between invasive and non-invasive Shigella organisms

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-266

  Honma, Yasuko ^a   Sasakawa, Chihiro ^b   Tsuji, Takao ^a   Iwanaga, Masaaki ^c  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Invasive plasmid; Shigella strains; Susceptibility; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0242586043     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00270-4     Document Type: Article

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