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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1983-10-8
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pubmed:abstractText |
A prospective, 12-month study of 975 non-Aboriginal children with diarrhea and age- and sex-matched children without diarrhea, in Perth, Western Australia, was designed to investigate the significance of enterotoxigenic Aeromonas species as a cause of diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic Aeromonas species were found in the fecal specimens of 10.8% of the patients with diarrhea but in only 0.7% of those without diarrhea. Most Aeromonas species were isolated during the summer. Other important bacterial pathogens included Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; rotavirus infections appeared to be much less important in the Western Australian environment. Most of the patients were younger than two years of age and about one-quarter had mixed bacterial and/or viral intestinal infections. Enterotoxigenic Aeromonas species can be identified with 97% accuracy using a simple hemolysin assay which should be considered for use by routine diagnostic laboratories, particularly in children's hospitals.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jul
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pubmed:issn |
0022-1899
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
148
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
68-74
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Aeromonas,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Australia,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Bacterial Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Campylobacter Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Dysentery, Bacillary,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Gastroenteritis,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Giardiasis,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Rotavirus Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:6886488-Salmonella Infections
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pubmed:year |
1983
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The microbiology of childhood gastroenteritis: Aeromonas species and other infective agents.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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