Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates from travel-associated cases in Japan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1486-1491

  Izumiya, Hidemasa ^a   Tada, Yuki ^a   Ito, Kenichiro ^a   Morita Ishihara, Tomoko ^a   Ohnishi, Makoto ^a   Terajima, Jun ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; JAPAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350519867     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011809-0     Document Type: Article

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