Magnitude of drug resistant shigellosis: A report from Bangalore

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-360

  Srinivasa, H ^a   Baijayanti, M ^a   Raksha, Y ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bangalore; Dysentery diarrhea; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 70349324383     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.55460     Document Type: Article

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