Rising prevalence of enteric fever due to multidrug-resistant Salmonella: An epidemiological study

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1247-1250

  Kumar, Surinder ^a   Rizvi, Meher ^a,b   Berry, Nidhika ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEASONS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 53749093553     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001719-0     Document Type: Article

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