Raw egg ingestion and salmonellosis in body builders

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 146-147

  Mackenzie, A R ^a,c   Laing, R B S ^a   Cadwgan, A M ^a   Reid, T M S ^b   Smith, C C ^a  

^a Infection Unit

^b Dept Med Microbiol Aberdeen RI ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body builders; Raw eggs; Salmonelia enteritidis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILDING; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; EGG; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0031727399     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693309804300507     Document Type: Article

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