Cephalosporin resistant Shigella flexneri from a clinical isolate - A rare finding

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 560-561

  Sabir, Nasim ^a   Zafar, Afia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; STROKE; VOLVULUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 33644930869     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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