Antimicrobial susceptibility and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Shigella sonnei strains in Malaysia (1997-2000)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Hoe, C H ^a   Yasin, R M ^b   Koh, Y T ^b   Thong, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Malaysia; Molecular subtyping; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; MOLECULAR SUBTYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPORADICS; SUBTYPINGS;

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 21244441904     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02581.x     Document Type: Article

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