Characterization and factors associated with diarrhoeal diseases caused by enteric bacterial pathogens among children aged five years and below attending Igembe District Hospital, Kenya

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karambu, Shirley ^a,b   Matiru, Viviene ^c   Kiptoo, Michael ^d   Oundo, Joseph ^e  

^a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation ^*

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children five; Diarrhea; Enteric bacterial pathogens; Igembe District Hospital; Kenya

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIVER WATER; SULPHINATOZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANGO; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84886261289     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.16.37.2947     Document Type: Article

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