Clostridium perfringens type A and antibiotic associated diarrhoea

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-56

  Vaishnavi, Chetana ^a   Kaur, Sukhminderjit ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhoea; Clostridium perfringens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SUPERNATANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24044514371     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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