Factors associated with acute diarrhoea in children in Dhahira, Oman: A hospital-based study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-578

  Patel, Pakki K ^a   Mercy, J ^b   Shenoy, J ^b   Ashwini, B ^b  

^a General of Health Services   (Oman)

^b Ibri Regional Referral Hospital   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIQUID FECES; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORGANELLA; OMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; OMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 48249103566     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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