Typhoid fever in travelers: Time for reassessment

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-151

  Paz, Alona ^a   Cohen, Ella ^a   Odeh, Majed ^a   Potasman, Israel ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Enteric fever; Paratyphoid; Resistance; Serum bactericidal activity

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHYSICIAN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33847307442     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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