Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli are not a significant cause of diarrhoea in hospitalised children in Kuwait

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Albert, M John ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a   Dhar, Rita ^b   Silpikurian, Susan ^a   Pacsa, Alexander S ^a   Molla, A Majid ^a   Szucs, Gyorgy ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; INTIMIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; SEROTYPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 65549136295     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-62     Document Type: Article

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