Resistance to antimicorbial agents in Salmonella typhi in Vietnam: Clinical response to therapy and molecular mechanisms

Medical Journal of Indonesia

Volumn 7, Issue , 1998, Pages 184-186

  Wain, John ^a,b,c   Diep, To S ^a,b,c   Chinh, Nguyen T ^a,b,c   Vinh, Ha ^a,b,c   Fortune, Sarah ^a,b,c   Hoa, Nguyen T T ^a,b,c   White, Nicholas J ^a,b,c   Piddock, Laura J V ^a,b,c   Parry, Christopher M ^a,b,c   Farrar, Jeremy F ^a,b,c  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GYRA GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TYPHOID FEVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 85008656685     PISSN: 08531773     EISSN: 22528083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13181/mji.v7iSupp1.1153     Document Type: Article

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