Antimicrobial resistance of fecal isolates of Salmonella and Shigella spp at Bahir Dar regional health research laboratory, northwest Ethiopia

Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Abera, Bayeh ^a   Biadglegne, Fantahun ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistance; Northwest Ethiopia; Salmonella spp; Shigella spp; Stool culture

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ETHIOPIA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 78650114131     PISSN: 10295933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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