Antimicrobial resistance surveillance among commensal Escherichia coli in rural and urban areas in Southern India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-45

  Mathai, Elizabeth ^a   Chandy, Sujith ^a   Thomas, Kurien ^a   Antoniswamy, Belavendra ^a   Joseph, Inbakumar ^a   Mathai, Matthews ^a   Sorensen, Thomas L ^b   Holloway, Kathleen ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Escherichia coli; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; COMMENSAL; DISEASE TREATMENT; RURAL AREA; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; URBAN AREA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39449096676     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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