Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Infections in Korea for Recent 9 Years: Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Yoo, Sunmi ^a   Pai, Hyunjoo ^b   Byeon, Jeong Hum ^b   Kang, Youn Ho ^c   Kim, Shukho ^c   Lee, Bok Kwon ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Disease outbreaks; Drug resistance; Incidence; Salmonella typhi; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 1542303471     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2004.19.1.15     Document Type: Article

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