Surveillance for escherichia coli O157:H7 infections in Minnesota by molecular subtyping

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 388-394

  Bender, Jeffrey B ^a   Hedberg, Craig W ^a   Besser, John M ^a   Boxrud, David J ^a   MacDonald, Kristine L ^a   Osterholm, Michael T ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA RESTRICTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0031558246     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199708073370604     Document Type: Article

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