Etiological agents of infectious diarrhea: Implications for requests for microbial culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1427-1432

  Rohner, Peter ^a,b   Pittet, Didier ^a   Pepey, Beatrice ^a   Nije Kinge, Thompson ^a   Auckenthaler, Raymond ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hop Cantonal de Genève   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0030926971     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1427-1432.1997     Document Type: Article

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