Rapid emergence of third generation cephalosporin resistant Shigella spp. in Southern Vietnam

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-283

  Vinh, Ha ^a,b   Baker, Stephen ^a   Campbell, James ^a   Van Minh Hoang, Nguyen ^a   Loan, Ha Thi ^b   Chinh, Mai Thu ^b   Anh, Vo Thi Cuc ^c   Diep, To Song ^b   Phuong, Le Thi ^c   Schultsz, Constance ^a   Farrar, Jeremy ^a  

^a The Hospital for Tropical Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c Dong Thap Provincial Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GATIFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; PIVMECILLINAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG CHOICE; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGELLA; VIETNAM;

EID: 60149102444     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.002949-0     Document Type: Letter

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