Genetic characterization of Shigella spp. isolated from diarrhoeal and asymptomatic children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 7, 2014, Pages 903-910

  Ghosh, Santanu ^a   Pazhani, Gururaja P ^a   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a   Nataro, James P ^b   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTEGRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84903157477     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.070912-0     Document Type: Article

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