Escherichia coli, Shigella and Salmonella species in acute diarrhoea in Hamedan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-249

  Alizadeh, A H M ^a   Behrouz, N ^a   Salmanzadeh, S ^a   Ranjbar, M ^b   Azimian, M H ^b   Habibi, E ^a   Jaafari, F ^a   Zolfagharian, K ^a   Zali, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SUPERINFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 34447283515     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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