Genetic analysis of antibiotic-resistance determinants in multidrug-resistant Shigella strains isolated from Chilean children

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Toro, C S ^a   Farfan M ^a   Contreras, I ^b   Flores, O ^a   Navarro, N ^a   Mora, G C ^c   Prado, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CHILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 14044251388     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003048     Document Type: Article

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