Bloody diarrhoea cases caused by Shigella and amoeba in Jordan

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Battikhi, M N G ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bloody Diarrhoea; Shigella and Amoeba

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIGELLA; ANIMAL; DYSENTERY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; SHIGELLA;

EID: 1842432766     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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