New perspectives on the role of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enterohaemorrhagic E. coli serotypes in human disease

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1039-1045

  Goldwater, P N ^a   Bettelheim, K A ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0031758796     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-12-1039     Document Type: Article

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