Surgical lessons learned from the Shigella dysenteriae type I epidemic.

Grant, H W; Hadley, G P; Wiersma, R; Rollins, N

Grant, H W; Hadley, G P; Wiersma, R; Rollins, N.

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Grant HW; Department of Paediatric Surgery and Medical Paediatrics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

J R Coll Surg Edinb ; 43(3): 160-2, 1998 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9654875

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Dysentery, Bacillary/surgery; Intestinal Perforation/surgery; Peritonitis/surgery; Shigella dysenteriae/isolation & purification; Abdominal Pain/etiology; Abdominal Pain/surgery; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control; Dysentery, Bacillary/epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Intestinal Perforation/microbiology; Laparotomy; Male; Peritonitis/microbiology; Risk Factors; South Africa/epidemiology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Peritonitis / Shigella dysenteriae / Dysentery, Bacillary / Intestinal Perforation Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: J R Coll Surg Edinb Year: 1998 Document type: Article Affiliation country: South Africa Country of publication: United kingdom

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