Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Shigella species in Asmara, Eritrea, northeast Africa

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 392-395

  Naik, Durgadas Govind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Dysentery; Microbial sensitivity tests; Prevalence; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ERITREA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33845993993     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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