Age specific aetiological agents of diarrhoea in hospitalized children aged less than five years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Moyo, Sabrina J ^a,c   Gro, Njolstad ^c   Matee, Mecky I ^a   Kitundu, Jesse ^b   Myrmel, Helge ^c   Mylvaganam, Haima ^c   Maselle, Samuel Y ^a   Langeland, Nina ^d  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NOROVIRUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS DETECTION; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 79951851182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-19     Document Type: Article

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