Antimicrobial susceptibility, phage typing and plasmid profile of Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi A strains isolated in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-255

  Panigrahi, D ^a   Chugh, T D ^a   West, P W J ^a   Dimitrov, T Z ^b   Groover, S ^b   Mehta, G ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^c LH Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Phage type; Plasmid profile; Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi A

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DRUG RESISTANCE; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A;

EID: 0344737960     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072293     Document Type: Article

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