Screening of patients with acute infectious diarrhoea: Evaluation of clinical features, faecal microscopy, and faecal occult blood testing

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-60

  Bardhan, Pradip K ^a,b,c   Beltinger, J ^a,b   Beltinger, R W ^a,b   Hossain, A ^a,b   Mahalanabis, D ^a,b   Gyr, K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Diarrhoea; Faecal microscopy; Faecal occult blood

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SCREENING TEST; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0033968845     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200750024533     Document Type: Article

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