An outbreak of salmonellosis among children attending a reptile exhibit at a zoo

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 802-807

  Friedman, C R ^a   Torigian, C ^a   Shillam, P J ^a   Hoffman, R E ^a   Heltzel, D ^a   Beebe, J L ^a   Malcolm, G ^a   DeWitt, W E ^a   Hutwagner, L ^a   Griffin, P M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0031750310     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70307-5     Document Type: Article

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