Polymicrobial infections in children with diarrhoea in a rural area of Jordan

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-259

  Nimri, Laila F ^a   Elnasser, Ziad ^a   Batchoun, Raymond ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Diarrhoea; Jordan; Parasites; Polymicrobial infections

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JORDAN; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 4444267636     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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