Escherichia coli 0157:H7 gastroenteritis and the hemolytic uremic syndrome: An emerging infectious disease

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 355-367

  Besser, Richard E ^a   Griffin, Patricia M ^b   Slutsker, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colitis; Diarrheal disease; Escherichia coli infections; Foodborne disease; HUS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 0032618429     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.50.1.355     Document Type: Review

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