Antimicrobial resistance profile of aeromonas species isolated from Libya

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ghenghesh, Khalifa Sifaw ^a   El Mohammady, Hanan ^b   Levin, Samuel Y ^b   Zorgani, Abdulazziz ^a   Tawil, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBYA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84887395646     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v8i0.21320     Document Type: Letter

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