Aeromonas spp associated with children's diarrhoea in Tehran: A case-control study

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Soltan Dallal, Mohammad M ^a   MoezArdalan, Koorosh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSENTERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 1642395030     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013231     Document Type: Article

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