Prevalence of cholera in pediatric patients with acute dehydrating diarrhea

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Kuttiat, Vijesh S ^a   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Das, Bimal ^a   Kohli, Utkarsh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute dehydrating diarrhea; Cholera; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; HUMAN; INDIA; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIPOMA;

EID: 76649119151     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0009-1     Document Type: Article

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