Antibiotic resistance among Shigella serogroups isolated in Tehran, Iran (2002-2004)

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 647-648

  Ranjbar, Reza ^a   Soltan Dallal, Mohammad Mahdi ^b   Pourshafie, Mohammad Reza ^c   Mammina, Caterina ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Iran; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

SHIGELLA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; IRAN; SHIGELLA;

EID: 73349113558     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.560     Document Type: Letter

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