Increasing frequency of mecillinam-resistant shigella isolates in urban Dhaka and rural Matlab, Bangladesh: A 6 year observation

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-102

  Hossain, M Anowar ^a   Rahman, M ^a   Ahmed, Q S ^a   Malek, M A ^a   Sack, R B ^a   Albert, M J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

AMDINOCILLIN; BANGLADESH; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 14444280618     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/42.1.99     Document Type: Article

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