Diagnostic accuracy of stool assays for inflammatory bacterial gastroenteritis in developed and resource-poor countries

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Gill, Christopher J ^a,b   Lau, Joseph ^b   Gorbach, Sherwood L ^b   Hamer, Davidson H ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DILUTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTES; OCCULT BLOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042160274     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375896     Document Type: Article

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