Typhoid intestinal perforations in Nigerian children

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-323

  Meier, Donald E ^a   Tarpley, John L ^a,b  

^a Baptist Medical Centre   (Nigeria)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYPHOID FEVER;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0031952965     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900388     Document Type: Article

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