Retrospective study of Aeromonas infection in a Malaysian urban area: A 10-year experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 057-060

  Lee, W S ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Childhood; Gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; AEROMONAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035261620     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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