Surveillance of antibiotic susceptibility patterns among Shigella sonnei strains isolated in Belgium during the 18-year period 1990 to 2007

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1379-1385

  Vrints, M ^a   Mairiaux, E ^a   Van Meervenne, E ^a   Collard, J M ^a,b   Bertrand, S ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b CERMES   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; R FACTORS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 66149102104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02460-08     Document Type: Article

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