Aeromonas-related diarrhoea in Nasarawa, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-79

  Kandakai Olukemi, Y T ^a   Mawak, J D ^a   Olukemi, M A ^a   Ojumah, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 39749168405     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55711     Document Type: Article

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