Shigella serogroups identified from adult diarrhoeal out-patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: antibiotic resistance and plasmid profile analysis.
Fifty shigella strains were isolated from 700 diarrhoeal samples collected from adult diarrhoeal out-patients in Addis Ababa. Among the isolates, serogroup A comprised 28%, B 44%, C 18% and D 10%. Among all shigella serogroups, highest resistance was encountered to tetracycline (74%), ampicillin (70...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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1997
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