Diagnosis and prevalence of enteropathogenic bacteria in children less than 5 years of age with acute diarrhea in Tehran children's hospitals

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Jafari, F ^a   Garcia Gil, L J ^b   Salmanzadeh Ahrabi, S ^c   Shokrzadeh, L ^a   Aslani, M M ^a,d   Pourhoseingholi, M A ^a   Derakhshan, F ^a   Zali, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^c ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Children; Enteropathogenic bacteria; Iran; Shiga like toxin producing E. coli; Shigella spp.

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SUMMER; YERSINIA;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 58949089527     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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