Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens isolated from childhood diarrhoea in four provinces of Kenya

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 572-578

  Sang, Willie Kipkemboi ^a   Oundo, Valerie ^b   Schnabel, David ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b US Army Research Unit   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drug resistance; E. coli; Enteric bacterial pathogens; Salmonella; Shigella; Vibrio cholera

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

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

EID: 84864421444     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2196     Document Type: Article

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