A large outbreak of salmonella paratyphi a infection among israeli travelers to Nepal

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-364

  Meltzer, Eyal ^a,b   Stienlauf, Shmuel ^a,b   Leshem, Eyal ^a,b   Sidi, Yechezkel ^a,b   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

disease outbreaks; enteric fever; foodborne diseases; Salmonella Paratyphi A; travel

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELAPSE; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTERIC FEVER; FOODBORNE DISEASES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEPAL; PARATYPHOID FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892729237     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit723     Document Type: Article

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