Shigella and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli causing bloody diarrhea in Latin America

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-65

  López, Eduardo L ^a,c   Prado Jiménez, Valeria ^b,c   O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel ^b,c   Contrini, María M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGELLA VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; REVIEW; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034017969     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70217-8     Document Type: Article

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