Distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of Shigella isolates in Bangui, Central African Republic

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 468-471

  Bercion, Raymond ^a   Njuimo, Siméon P ^a   Boudjeka, Prisca Megne ^b   Manirakiza, Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Complexe Pédiatrique de Bangui ^*  (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Diarrhoea; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUINOLONES; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; BANGUI [OMBELLAMPOKO]; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; OMBELLA-MPOKO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 42149171898     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02023.x     Document Type: Article

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