Epidemiological features of a newly described serotype of Shigella boydii

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-583

  Kalluri, P ^a   Cummings, K C ^b   Abbott, S ^b   Malcolm, G B ^a   Hutcheson, K ^a   Beall, A ^a   Joyce, K ^a   Polyak, C ^a   Woodward, D ^c   Caldeira, R ^c   Rodgers, F ^c   Mintz, E D ^a   Strockbine, N ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CA State Dept of Health Services   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLOSIS; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA BOYDII; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143071661     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002377     Document Type: Article

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