Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Ebrahim, G J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TICARCILLIN; TINIDAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77954897946     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq037     Document Type: Editorial

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