Quinolone resistance is associated with increased risk of invasive illness or death during infection with Salmonella serotype typhimurium

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1652-1654

  Helms, Morten ^a   Simonsen, Jacob ^a   Mølbak, Kåre ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; QUINOLONE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUINOLONES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 6944229519     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424570     Document Type: Article

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