Prevalence of intestinal parasitic and bacterial pathogens in diarrhoeal and non-diarroeal human stools from vhembe district, south africa

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 739-745

  Samie, A ^a   Guerrant, R L ^b   Barrett, L ^b   Bessong, P O ^a   Igumbor, E O ^a   Obi, C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteria; Diarrhoea; Drug resistance, Microbial; Epidemiology; HIV; Parasites; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MONAS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77449127165     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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