Short communication: Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance rates of Shigella spp. isolates in Tehran, Iran;Kisa bi̇ldi̇ri̇: Tahran'da i̇zole edi̇len Shigella türleri̇ni̇n seroti̇p daǧilimi ve anti̇mi̇ krobi̇yal di̇renç oranlari

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-457

  Salmanzadeh Ahrabi, Siavosh ^a,c   Jafari, Fereshteh ^b   Habibi, Effat ^c   Irajian, Gholam Reza ^a   Aslani, Mohammad Mehdi ^d   Baghbani Arani, Fahimen ^e   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e Young Researchers Club   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Diarrhea; Shigella spp.; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; HUMAN; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA;

EID: 42149163800     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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