Antimicrobial susceptibilities of enteric bacterial pathogens isolated in Kathmandu, Nepal, during 2002-2004

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Kansakar, Palpasa ^a   Baral, Pankaj ^b   Malla, Sarala ^a   Ghimire, Gokarna Raj ^a  

^a National Public Health Laboratory   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enteropathogens; Salmonella; Shigella; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79954601050     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1016     Document Type: Article

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