A Case of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi in a Patient without a history of international travel

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-225

  Byers, David K ^a   Petersen, Kyle ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MALE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPOUSES; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 65649106567     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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