Enteric fever: An Israeli perspective

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 736-741

  Meltzer, Eyal ^a,b   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Diarrhea; Enteric fever; S. paratyphi; S. typhi; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEPATIRIX; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TYPHERIX; TYPHOID PARATYPHOID VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BILE LEVEL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERODIAGNOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIAL VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION;

EID: 35748940971     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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