Acute gastroenteritis caused by multiple enteric pathogens in children

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 932-935

  Chen, S Y ^a   Tsai, C N ^a   Chao, H C ^a   Lai, M W ^a   Lin, T Y ^a   Ko, T Y ^a   Chiu, C H ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Children; Multiple enteric pathogens

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ROTAVIRUS; TAIWAN; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; TAIWAN; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 67650474536     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880800160X     Document Type: Article

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