Microbial Etiology of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children in Taiwan

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Microbial etiology of acute gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Taiwan.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Viral infections are the most common causes of acute infectious diarrhea in the pediatric population. To explore any possible microbial etiologies of acute gastroenteritis in children, we detected stool viral antigen including rotavirus, adenovirus, norovirus and astrovirus. We also studied the possible precipitating factors. METHODS During a period of 1 year (from October ...

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

سال: 2006

ISSN: 0929-6646

DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(09)60280-1