Microbial etiology of acute gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Kuwait

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 593-597

  Sethi, Sarvan K ^a   Khuffash, Faisel A ^a   Al Nakib, Widad ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Gastroenteritis; Hospitalized children

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; AEROMONAS; AGE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; CASE STUDIES; CHILD; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE--ETIOLOGY; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INCIDENCE; INFECTIONS; KUWAIT; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN ASIA; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0024435128     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-198909000-00005     Document Type: Article

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