Enteropathogens associated with cases gastroenteritis in a rural population in Jordan

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 634-639

  Nimri, L F ^a   Meqdam, M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Enteric bacteria; Gastroenteritis; Parasites

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; WELL WATER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANK; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 4043172717     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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