Plesiomonas shigelloides: An emerging pathogen with unusual properties

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 129-139

  Stock, Ingo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Epidemiology; Extraintestinal disease; Intestinal disease; Pathogenicity; Plesiomonas shigelloides; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; MEZLOCILLIN; NAFCILLIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SHIGELLA VACCINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 12244264436     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-200410000-00002     Document Type: Review

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