Etiology of acute diarrhea in adults in southwestern Nigeria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4525-4530

  Okeke, Iruka N ^a,b,c   Ojo, Oladipupo ^a   Lamikanra, Adebayo ^a   Kaper, James B ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^c HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HELMINTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VERMES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0141993005     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4525-4530.2003     Document Type: Article

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