Clinical profile and sensitivity pattern of salmonella serotypes in children: A hospital based study

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-183

  Joshi, Binita G ^a   Keyal, Kabita ^a   Pandey, Rajesh ^a   Shrestha, Binod Man ^b  

^a CIVIL SERVICE HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Kanti Children's Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Enteric fever; S.paratyphi; S.typhi; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; STUDY DESIGN; SUMMER; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING;

EID: 80053372652     PISSN: 19907974     EISSN: 19907982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/jnps.v31i3.4382     Document Type: Article

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