Etiology and epidemiology of diarrhea in children in Hanoi, Vietnam

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-308

  Vu Nguyen, Trung ^a,b   Le Van, Phung ^a   Le Huy, Chinh ^a   Nguyen Gia, Khanh ^a   Weintraub, Andrej ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Hanoi; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND WASHING; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOTHER; MUCUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SHIGELLA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIET NAM; VOMITING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SHIGELLA; VIETNAM;

EID: 33745038699     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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