Cholera incidence among patients with Diarrhea visiting national public health laboratory, Nepal

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-187

  Karki, Rabindra ^a   Bhatta, Dwij Raj ^a   Malla, Sarala ^b   Dumre, Shyam Prakash ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b National Public Health Laboratory   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77953340256     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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