Tropheryma whipplei in children with gastroenteritis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 776-782

  Raoult, Didier ^a,b   Fenollar, Florence ^a,b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a,b   Minodier, Philippe ^c   Bosdure, Emmanuelle ^d   Li, Wenjun ^a   Garnier, Jean Marc ^c   Richet, Hervé ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Pole de Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REHYDRATION; SEROLOGY; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77951168647     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.091801     Document Type: Article

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