Human infections with shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli other than serogroup O157 in Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 635-639

  Beutin, Lothar ^a   Zimmermann, Sonja ^a   Gleier, Kerstin ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031789026     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980415     Document Type: Review

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