Staphylococcal food poisoning caused by imported canned mushrooms

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1263-1267

  Levine, William C ^a   Bennett, Reginald W ^h   Choi, Youngsook ^b   Henning, Kelly J ^c   Rager, Judith R ^d   Hendricks, Katherine A ^e   Hopkins, David P ^f   Gunn, Robert A ^g   Griffin, Patricia M ^h  

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

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKETING; MUSHROOM POISONING; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 0029898736     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1263     Document Type: Article

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