Acute bacterial gastroenteritis: A study of adult patients with positive stool cultures treated in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Chan, S S W ^a   Ng, K C ^a   Lyon, D J ^a   Cheung, W L ^a   Cheng, A F B ^a   Rainer, T H ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES CULTURE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLESIOMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0038637412     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.4.335     Document Type: Article

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