Enteropathogens in acute diarrhea: A general practice-based study in a Nordic country

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1501-1509

  Hilmarsdottir I ^a,d   Baldvinsdottir G E ^a   Haroardottir H ^a   Briem, H ^b   Sigurosson, S I ^c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Iceland)

^c Reykjavik Primary Health Care Glaesibaer   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CALICIVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; ICELAND; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM PAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; TRAVEL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VOMITING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865636733     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1470-0     Document Type: Article

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