Acute viral gastroenteritis: Proportion and clinical relevance of multiple infections in Spanish children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-440

  Román, Enriqueta ^a   Wilhelmi, Isabel ^a   Colomina, Javier ^b   Villar, Joaquín ^b   Cilleruelo, María Luz ^a   Nebreda, Verónica ^a   Del Alamo, Manuel ^a   Sánchez Fauquier, Alicia ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; YERSINIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 0037718608     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05079-0     Document Type: Article

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