Resurgence of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Rohtak

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-130

  Gupta, Naveen ^a   Dewan, Shalini ^b   Saini, Santosh ^b  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 15544384617     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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