Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella spp. in Cordoba, Argentina, during the period 1990-1997;Resistencia de Shigella spp. a los antimicrobianos en Cordoba, Argentina, durante el periodo 1990-1997

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-117

  Suárez, María Emilia ^a,b   Carvajal, Lydia ^a   Culasso, Catalina ^a   Paredes, Marisa ^a  

^a Hospital of Nino Jesus   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0343674634     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892000000200007     Document Type: Article

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