Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella spp. in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 900-901

  Tse, Hsien Koh ^a   Koh, Andre Emmanuel Y Q ^b   Hamdan, Azhar Bin ^b   Boon, Ching Khoo ^b   Yu, Valerie Yang ^b   Lin, Raymond V T P ^c   Tee, Nancy W S ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SINGAPORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 56449098780     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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