In vitro activity of azithromycin, newer quinolones and cephalosporins in ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella causing enteric fever

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1490-1494

  Capoor, Malini R ^a   Rawat, Deepti ^a   Nair, Deepthi ^a   Hasan, Azra S ^a   Deb, Monorama ^a   Aggarwal, Pushpa ^a   Pillai, Parukutty ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; QUINOLONES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 36448971892     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47353-0     Document Type: Article

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