Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli as a predominant cause of paediatric nosocomial diarrhoea in India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 830-836

  Chandra, Bijay Kumar ^a   Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Taneja, Neelam ^a   Pahil, Sapna ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSOCOMIAL DIARRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COINFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84861145911     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.041848-0     Document Type: Article

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