Salmonella senftenberg Outbreak

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 296-298

  Khan, Ashraf ^a   Gallo, Richard ^b   Hameed, Rizwanullah ^a   Agasan, Alice ^c   Kornstein, Laura ^c   Brooks, Steven ^a  

^a KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Health   (United States)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COOKING; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

COOKERY; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEW YORK; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032060666     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647812     Document Type: Letter

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