Prevalence of Providencia strains among children with diarrhea in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-547

  Shima, Ayaka ^a,b   Hinenoya, Atsushi ^a   Asakura, Masahiro ^a   Nagita, Akira ^c   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Mizushima Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENUS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROVIDENCIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869775530     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.545     Document Type: Article

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