Surgical lessons learned from the Shigella dysenteriae type I epidemic

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-162

  Grant, H W ^a   Hadley, G P ^a   Wiersma, R ^a   Rollins, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Laparotomy; Perforation; Peritonitis; Shigella dysenteriae type I

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLITIS; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONITIS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONITIS; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031747613     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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