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Shigella in Brazilian children with acute diarrhoea: prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes

Diarrhoeal disease is still considered a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children. Among diarrhoeagenic agents, Shigella should be highlighted due to its prevalence and the severity of the associated disease. Here, we assessed Shigella prevalence, drug susceptibility and virulence facto...

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Autores principales: Sousa, Mireille Ângela Bernardes, Mendes, Edilberto Nogueira, Collares, Guilherme Birchal, Péret-Filho, Luciano Amedée, Penna, Francisco José, Magalhães, Paula Prazeres
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23440111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762013000100005