Diarrhea in young children associated with Escherichia coli non-O157 organisms that produce Shiga-like toxin

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-346

  Huppertz, H I ^a   Busch, D ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Aleksic, S ^a   Karch, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029912968     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70278-0     Document Type: Article

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