What after ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone in treatment of Salmonella typhi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Mushtaq, Muhammad Amer ^a,b  

^a FATIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Multi drug Resistant Salmonella typhi (MDRST); Salmonella typhi; Typhoid Fever

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFACLOR; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 33644793989     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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