Escherichia coli O157:H7 diarrhea in the United States: Clinical and epidemiologic features

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 505-513

  Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Ries, Allen A ^a   Greene, Katherine D ^a   Wells, Joy G ^a   Hutwagner, Lori ^a   Griffin, Patricia M ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030902596     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-7-199704010-00002     Document Type: Article

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