Death in shigellosis: Incidence and risk factors in hospitalized patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 500-506

  Bennish, Michael L ^a,b,c,d,e   Harris, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c,d,e   Wojtyniak, Bogdan J ^a,b,c,d,e   Struelens, Marc ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^e ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FATALITY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEPTICEMIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0025218117     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/161.3.500     Document Type: Article

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