Ceftriaxone resistant Shigella Flexneri, an emerging problem

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 556-559

  Gupta, Soham ^a   Mishra, Baijayanti ^a   Muralidharan, Sethumadhavan ^a   Srinivasa, Hiresave ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; extended spectrum beta lactamase; minimum inhibitory concentration; multi drug resistant; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LOOSE FECES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79951647327     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.75931     Document Type: Article

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