Gastroenteritis in childhood: A retrospective study of 650 hospitalized pediatric patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Wiegering, Verena ^a   Kaiser, Jan ^a   Tappe, Dennis ^b   Weißbrich, Benedikt ^b   Morbach, Henner ^a   Girschick, Hermann J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Clinical score; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus; Rotavirus; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79955948469     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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