Enteric fever in karachi: Current antibiotic susceptibility of salmonellae isolates

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-150

  Abdullah, Farhan Essa ^a   Haider, Faryal ^a   Fatima, Kanwal ^a   Irfan, Saboohi ^a   Iqbal, Mir Saud ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolones; Multidrug resistance; Salmonellae; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENOXACIN; FOSFOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864378590     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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