Conventional and molecular methods in the diagnosis of community-acquired diarrhoea in children under 5 years of age from the north-eastern region of Poland

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-151

  Fiedoruk, Krzysztof ^a   Daniluk, Tamara ^a   Rozkiewicz, Dorota ^a   Zaremba, Maria L ^a   Oldak, Elzbieta ^a   Sciepuk, Malgorzata ^a   Leszczynska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhoea; Campylobacter; Clostridium difficile; Enteropathogens; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADENOVIRIDAE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED ACUTE DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; WINTER; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84938073650     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.06.028     Document Type: Article

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