Laboratory approaches to infectious diarrhea

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 693-707

  Turgeon, David K ^a   Fritsche, Thomas R ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PLESIOMONAS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034823683     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(05)70206-5     Document Type: Article

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