Acute non-outbreak shigellosis: Ten years experience in southern Taiwan

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Wu, Chi Hung ^a,b   Huang, Li Tung ^b   Huang, I Fei ^c   Liu, Jien Wei ^b   Chen, Jin Bor ^b   Liang, Chi Di ^b   Hwang, Kao Pin ^b   Tiao, Mao Meng ^a,b,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bloody diarrhea; Kaohsiung; Shigellosis; Watery diarrhea

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; SEIZURE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 60549093410     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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