Escherichia coli in patients with acute gastroenteritis in Lagos, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 512-515

  Akinyemi, K O ^a   Oyefolu, A O ^a   Opere, B ^a   Otunba Payne, V A ^a   Oworu, A O ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032151338     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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