Four cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome source contaminated swimming water?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Cransberg, K ^a   Van Den Kerkhof, J H C T ^b   Banffer J R J ^c   Stijnen, C ^c   Wernars, K ^d   Van De Kar, N C A J ^e   Nauta, J ^a   Wolff, E D ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Local Health Authorities   (Netherlands)

^c Central Bacteriological Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminated water; E. coli O157: H7; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Swimming associated cases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; LAKE WATER; VEROTOXIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SWIMMING; SYMPTOM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029993131     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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