Impact of infection by verotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 on the use of surgical services in a children's hospital

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-32

  Cimolai, Nevio ^a   Blair, Geoffrey K ^a   Murphy, James J ^a   Fraser, Graham G ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMID; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031043046     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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