Revised ciprofloxacin breakpoints for Salmonella typhi: Its implications in India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-163

  Veeraraghavan, B ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Ranjan, P ^a   Kapil, A ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Enteric fever; minimum inhibitory concentration; S. Typhi

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84898439896     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.129804     Document Type: Article

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