Y. enterocolitica gastroenteritis - A prospective study

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-188

  Lal, M ^a   Kaur, H ^a   Gupta, L K ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; North India; Y. enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFSULODIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRICLOSAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; WINTER; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 0346734311     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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