Drug resistance of Shigella species: Changes over 20 years in Turkey [1]

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-528

  Ergönül, Önder ^a   Imre, Ayfer ^a   Çelikbaş, Aysel ^a   Dokuzoǧuz, Başak ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EVOLUTION; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; SHIGELLA; TURKEY;

EID: 2342559158     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.01.005     Document Type: Letter

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