Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 183-188

  Acheson, David W K ^a   Jaeger, Jenifer L ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0033458047     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(00)90001-1     Document Type: Review

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