Escherichia coli 0157:H7, an Emerging Gastrointestinal Pathogen: Results of a One-Year, Prospective, Population-Based Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 259, Issue 24, 1988, Pages 3567-3570

  Macdonald, Kristine L ^a   O’leary, Michael J ^b   Cohen, Mitchell L ^a   Norris, Peggy ^c   Wells, Joy G ^a   Noll, Elizabeth ^d   Kobayashi, John M ^d   Blake, Paul A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d Washington State Department of Social and Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ANTI INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGE; MILK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0023820326     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03720240029030     Document Type: Article

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