Cases of typhoid fever in Copenhagen region: A retrospective study of presentation and relapse

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Barrett, Freja Cecille ^a   Knudsen, Jenny Dahl ^a   Johansen, Isik Somuncu ^a,b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin resistance; Enteric fever; Relapse; Travellers; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881192635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-315     Document Type: Article

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