A prospective study of nosocomial enteric pathogen acquisition in hospitalized children in South India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-49

  Kamalaratnam, C N ^a   Kang, G ^a   Kirubakaran, C ^a   Rajan, D P ^a   Daniel, D J ^a   Mathan, M M ^a   Mathan, V I ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GIARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCREENING; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SYMPTOM; TRICHURIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035110157     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/47.1.46     Document Type: Article

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