PRevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigella species at felege hiwot referral hospital, northwest ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-256

  Debas, Getachew ^a   Kibret, Mulugeta ^b   Biadglegne, Fantahun ^b   Abera, Bayeh ^b  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Diarrhea; Ethiopia; Felege Hiwot Hospital; Shigella spp.

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHIGELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053650956     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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