Characteristics of persistent diarrhea in a community-based cohort of young US children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-58

  Vernacchio, Louis ^a   Vezina, Richard M ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a   Lesko, Samuel M ^a   Plaut, Andrew G ^b   Acheson, David W K ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Microbiology; Persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PERSISTENT DIARRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIARDIASIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS;

EID: 33745775886     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000228094.74207.39     Document Type: Article

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