Possible person-to-person transmission of Escherichia coli O111-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-39

  Boudailliez, B ^a   Berquin, P ^a   Mariani Kurkdjian, P ^b   Ilef D, D ^c   Cuvelier, B ^d   Capek, I ^c   Tribout, B ^a   Bingen, E ^b   Piussan, C ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c DRASS   (France)

^d CH ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli O111; Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031035659     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050229     Document Type: Article

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