Etiology of bloody diarrhea among patients presenting to United States emergency departments: Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enteropathogens

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 573-580

  Talan, David A ^a   Moran, Gregory J ^a   Newdow, Michael ^a   Ong, Samuel ^a   Mower, William R ^a   Nakase, Janet Y ^a   Pinner, Robert W ^b   Slutsker, Laurence ^b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035864515     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318718     Document Type: Article

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