Fluoroquinolone resistance in Vibrio cholerae O1: Emergence of El Tor Inaba

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-212

  Das, Shukia ^a   Goyal, Renu ^a   Ramachandran, V J ^a   Gupta, Sudha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DILUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHOLERA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 23944502483     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X58157     Document Type: Article

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