Etiology of bloody diarrhea in bolivian children: Implications for empiric therapy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1527-1530

  Townes, John M ^a,b   Quick, Robert ^c   Gonzales, Oscar Y ^c   Linares, Miriam ^c   Damiani, Esther ^c   Bopp, Cheryl A ^c   Wahlquist, Suzanne P ^c   Hutwagner, Lori C ^c   Hanover, Erica ^c   Mintz, Eric D ^c   Tauxe, Robert V ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 16944367087     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516493     Document Type: Article

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