Campylobacter spp among children with acute diarrhea attending Mulago hospital in Kampala - Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Mshana, S E ^a,b   Joloba, M ^a   Kakooza, A ^a   Kaddu Mulindwa, D ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Campylobacter spp; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 77949498161     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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