Imported enteric fever: Case series from the hospital for tropical diseases, London, United Kingdom

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1121-1126

  Patel, Trupti A ^a   Armstrong, Margaret ^a   Morris Jones, Stephen D ^b   Wright, Stephen G ^a   Doherty, Tom ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NIGERIA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SOUTH ASIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPICAL DISEASE; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 77953800836     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0007     Document Type: Article

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