Pitfalls in the diagnosis of enteroviral infection in young children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 687-690

  Faden, Howard ^a,b   Patel, Pravin H ^a   Campagna, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridia difficile toxin; Enterovirus; Enterovirus diagnosis; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonate; NICU

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FECES CULTURE; FILTRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746687023     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000226842.23106.a2     Document Type: Article

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