Microbial aetiology of acute diarrhoea in children under five years of age in Khartoum, Sudan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 432-437

  Saeed, Amir ^a   Abd, Hadi ^a   Sandstrom, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS A; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SUBURBAN AREA; SUDAN; VIBRIO; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84927716412     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000043     Document Type: Article

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