Molecular epidemiology of Shigella flexneri in a long-stay psychiatric nursing center during 2001 to 2003

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1353-1360

  Lee, Yeong Sheng ^a,c   Liu, Ming Ching ^a   Ko, Ching Fen ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Tseng, Yi Hsiung ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; O ANTIGEN; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; TAIWAN;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 14944341467     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1353-1360.2005     Document Type: Article

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