Outbreak of escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in a large family

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-241

  Ludwig, K ^a,b   Ruder, H ^a   Bitzan, M ^c   Zimmermann, S ^a   Karch, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 0030941609     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709588     Document Type: Article

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