Frequency of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in children with diarrhoea in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.

Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been implicated in diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhagic colitis and uraemic haemolytic syndrome but is not routinely cultured in laboratories. We tested 322 samples from children referred with diarrhoea to a clinic in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. There were 21 sorbit...

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Published in:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 1022 - 1028
Main Authors: Fard AH, Bokaeian M, Qureishi ME
Format: research Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization sep/oct2008
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