Prolonged incubation period of salmonellosis in an outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infection

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-71

  Nagai, Kazushige ^a   Mori, Toshihiko ^a   Tsuda, Shinichiro ^b   Izumiya, Hidemasa ^c   Terajima, Jun ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^c  

^a Otaru Kyokai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Otaru Municipal Health Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incubation period; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0032904409     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02374.x     Document Type: Article

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