Isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica from cases of acute appendicitis and ice-cream

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 130-135

  El Sherbini, M ^a   Al Agili, S ^b   El Jali, H ^b   Aboshkiwa, M ^b   Koha, M ^b  

^a Department of Food Hygiene   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Tripoli Medical Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; ICE CREAM; LIBYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032600796     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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