Serodiversity and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Shigella isolates at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Tiruneh, Moges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849121721     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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