Hemorrhagic Colitis Associated with a Rare Escherichia coli Serotype

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 308, Issue 12, 1983, Pages 681-685

  Riley, Lee W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Remis, Robert S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Helgerson, Steven D ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mcgee, Harry B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wells, Joy G ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Davis, Betty R ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hebert, Richard J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Olcott, Ellen S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Johnson, Linda M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hargrett, Nancy T ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Blake, Paul A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Cohen, Mitchell L ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Oregon State Health Division   (United States)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^e Jackson County Public Health Division   (United States)

^f Tri County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; UNITED STATES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGE; OREGON;

EID: 0020647208     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198303243081203     Document Type: Article

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