Clinical and microbiological features of Salmonella gastroenteritis in children;Aspetti clinici e microbiologici dell'enterite da Salmonella in età pediatrica

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-29

  Saporito, Laura ^a   Colomba, Claudia ^a   Scarlata, Francesco ^a   Li Vecchi, Valentina ^a   Mammina, Caterina ^a   Titone, Lucina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; VOMITING;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ITALY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248545445     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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