Molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica serotype Worthington isolated from childhood diarrhea cases in Kolkata, India

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-276

  Sinha, Saswati ^a   Pazhani, Gururaja Perumal ^a   Sen, Bhaswati ^a   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PLASMID DNA;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33748123635     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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