Characterization of Shigella spp. by antimicrobial resistance and PCR detection of ipa genes in an infantile population from Porto Velho (Western Amazon region), Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 731-733

  Silva, Tatiane ^a   Nogueira, Paulo Afonso ^b   Magalhães, Gleiciene Félix ^a   Grava, Andréa Fagundes ^a   Da Silva, Luiz Hildebrando Pereira ^a   Orlandi, Patrícia Puccinelli ^b  

^a Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diarrhea; ipa genes; Multiple antibiotic resistance; Shigella spp.

Indexed keywords

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 56749091241     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000700017     Document Type: Article

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