Low yield of bacterial stool culture in children with nosocomial diarrhea

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1040-1044

  Craven, Daniel ^a   Brick, David ^a,c   Morrisey, Anne ^b   O'Riordan, Mary Ann ^a   Petran, Val ^a   Schreiber, John R ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Nosocomial; Stool culture

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031767313     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199811000-00015     Document Type: Article

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