Surgical aspects of an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitis

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-5

  Shorter, N A ^b   Thompson, M D ^a   Mooney, D P ^b   Modlin, J F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Gastroenteritis; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ILEITIS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW HAMPSHIRE; VERMONT; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031885938     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050229     Document Type: Article

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