An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis due to Aeromonas sobria in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 497-499

  Taher, A A I ^a   Rao, B N ^a   Alganay, K G ^a   El Arabi, M B ^b  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Jamahiriya Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034158210     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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