Campylobacter enteritis in children in northern Taiwan - A 7-year experience

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-413

  Wang, Shu Chien ^a   Chang, Luan Yin ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Lu, Chun Yi ^a   Lee, Ping Ing ^a   Shao, Pei Lan ^a   Hsieh, Yu Chia ^c   Yen, Feng Pin ^a   Lee, Chin Yun ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a,b  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter, child; Enteritis; Retrospective studies; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 60249092041     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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