Increasing single and multi-antibiotic resistance in Shigella species isolated from Shigellosis patients in Sana'a, Yemen

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1157-1160

  Al Moyed, Khaled A ^a   Harmal, Nabil S ^a   Al Harasy, Abdulilah H ^b   Al Shamahy, Hassan A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Yemeni German Hospital   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; YEMEN; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA; YEMEN;

EID: 34447291870     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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