Typhoid fever and typhoid hepatitis in Taiwan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1073-1079

  Wang, J L ^a   Kao, J H ^a   Tseng, S P ^b   Teng, L J ^a,b   Ho, S W ^a,b   Hsueh, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZTREONAM; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TAIWAN; TYPHOID FEVER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TAIWAN; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 28244458946     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004048     Document Type: Article

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