Epidemic shigella dysentery in children in northern KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-51

  Chopra, Mickey ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a   Stirling, Susy ^a  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031040304     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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