Fecal leukocytes in children infected with diarrheagenic escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1376-1381

  Mercado, Erik H ^a   Ochoa, Theresa J ^a,b,g   Ecker, Lucie ^c   Cabello, Martin ^a   Durand, David ^a   Barletta, Francesca ^a   Molina, Margarita ^c   Gil, Ana I ^c   Huicho, Luis ^a,d,e   Lanata, Claudio F ^c,f   Cleary, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS   (Peru)

^g INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PERU;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953881890     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02199-10     Document Type: Article

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