Class 2 integron-associated antibiotic resistance in Shigella sonnei isolates in Dakar, Senegal

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-270

  Gassama Sow, A ^a   Diallo, M H ^a   Boye, C S ^b   Garin, B ^a   Sire, J M ^a   Sow, A I ^c   Aidara Kane A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c Laboratoire de Bactériologie   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Integron; Senegal; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENE CASSETTE; HETEROZYGOTE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SENEGAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; PREVALENCE; SENEGAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 32644458371     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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