Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella flexneri serotypes in Israel during a period of three years: 2000-2002

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1049-1054

  Vasilev, Valentin ^a   Japheth, R ^a   Yishai, R ^a   Andorn, N ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGELLA VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 10444235089     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002912     Document Type: Article

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