Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) in hospitalised Arab infants from Judea area - West Bank, Israel

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Wolk, M ^a   Ohad, E ^a   Shafran, R ^b   Schmid, I ^b   Jarjoui, E ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Caritas Baby Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeal disease; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Infants; Israel; Judea West Bank

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARASMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

EID: 0031027472     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900311     Document Type: Article

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