Clinical manifestations and molecular epidemiology of five cases of diarrhoea in children associated with Vibrio metschnikovii in Arequipa, Peru

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 494-500

  Dalsgaard, A ^a   Alarcon, A ^b   Lanata, C F ^c   Jensen, T ^a   Hansen, H J ^a   Delgado, F ^b   Gil, A I ^c   Penny, M E ^c   Taylor, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^d U States Nav Med Res Inst D ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; PERU; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO;

EID: 0029858713     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-6-494     Document Type: Article

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