Ciprofloxacin- and azithromycin-resistant Campylobacter causing traveler's diarrhea in U.S. troops deployed to Thailand in 1994

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 868-869

  Murphy Jr , Gerald S ^a   Echeverria, Peter ^a   Jackson, Lyle R ^a   Arness, Mark K ^a   LeBron, Carlos ^a   Pitarangsi, Chittima ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; THAILAND; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 19244364458     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.868     Document Type: Article

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