Shigella in Brazilian children with acute diarrhoea: Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-35

  Ângela Bernardes Sousa, Mireille ^a   Mendes, Edilberto Nogueira ^b   Collares, Guilherme Birchal ^a   Amedée Péret Filho, Luciano ^a   José Penna, Francisco ^a   Prazeres Magalhães, Paula ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Propedêutica Complementar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Drug resistance; Dysentery; Shigella; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 84875450540     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762013000100005     Document Type: Article

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