Epidemiological and microbiological aspects of acute bacterial diarrhea in children from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

In the few cases of acute childhood diarrhea that require antimicrobial therapy, the correct choice of the drug depends on detailed previous knowledge of local strains. In order to establish such parameters in our city, we reviewed the results of all 260 positive stool cultures of children between 0...

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Main Authors: Daniel R. Diniz-Santos, José S. Santana, Junaura R. Barretto, Maria Goreth M. Andrade, Luciana R. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000100013&lng=en&tlng=en