Combination effect of ciprofloxacin and gentamicin against clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 156-157

  Mandal, Shyamapada ^a   Mandal, Manisha Deb ^a   Kumar Pal, Nishith ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0345687386     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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