Frequency of Campylobacter Jejuni in Diarrhoea/Dysentery in Children in Rawalpindi and Islamabad

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 517-520

  Ali, A M ^a   Qureshi, A H ^a   Rafi, S ^a   Roshan, E ^a   Khan, I ^a   Malik, A M ^a   Shahid, S A ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; DRINKING WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PAKISTAN; SEX RATIO; VOMITING;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0346458997     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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