Epidemiologic studies need asymptomatic controls

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e51-e52

  Dubourg, G ^a,b   Fenollar, F ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTEREMIA; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOROVIRUS; ORAL SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84937514012     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.04.020     Document Type: Letter

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