Mixed diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae and several other enteric pathogens in a 4-year-old child returning to Germany from Pakistan

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-75

  Enzensberger, Ruxandra ^a   Besier, Silke ^a   Baumgärtner, Nicole ^a   Brade, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CASE REPORT; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; GERMANY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SOMNOLENCE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; FECES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PARATYPHOID FEVER; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 13644261787     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510026409     Document Type: Article

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