Occurrence of Aeromonas hydrophila in acute gasteroenteritis among children

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Subashkumar, Rathinasamy ^a   Thayumanavan, Thangavelu ^a   Vivekanandhan, Govindhasamy ^a,b   Lakshmanaperumalsamy, Perumalsamy ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Haemolysin; MAR index; Protease; Slime

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEINASE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 33645468470     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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