Enterobacteriaceae: Etiological agents of diarrhea

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Rustam, Shazia ^a   Noor us saba, ^b   Qayyum, Mazhar ^a   Ul Islam, Badar ^c   Qazilbash, Ali Abbas ^c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^c United Nations Industrial Development Organization Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enterobacteriaceae; Etiology; Islamabad; Rawalpindi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGELLA; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIBRIONACEAE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645358373     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.149.154     Document Type: Article

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