Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with an improperly chlorinated swimming pool

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 298-303

  Friedman, Michael S ^a,b,c,d   Roels, Thierry ^a,b,c   Koehler, Jane E ^a,b,c   Feldman, Lynne ^a,b,c   Bibb, William F ^a,b,c   Blake, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^d INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLORINATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING POOL;

EID: 0032770412     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520204     Document Type: Article

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