Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection;L'infezione da Escherichia coli entero-emorragico sierotipo O157:H7

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 613-618

  Rocchi, Giovanni ^a,b   Capozzi, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea Escherichia coli O157:H7; Food borne disease; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Haemorrhagic colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHILD; COLITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SHEEP; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033218467     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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