Campylobacter is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery in hospitalized children in the Western Galilee Region in Israel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1405-1406

  Dayan, N ^a   Revivo, D ^a   Even, L ^a,b   Elkayam, O ^a   Glikman, D ^a,b  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DYSENTERY; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL;

EID: 77956410031     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000737     Document Type: Letter

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