Increasing prevalence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi-A in patients with enteric fever in a periurban slum setting of Kolkata, India

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 455-459

  Palit, Anup ^a,b   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Dutta, Sanjucta ^a   Sur, Dipika ^a   Bhattacharya, Mihir Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^a  

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

^b Department of Microbiology P 33 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Enteric fever; Prevalence; Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A; Slum dwelling population

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ISOLATED POPULATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; TYPHOID; VACCINATION;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 33845646788     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120601093188     Document Type: Article

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