An outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 caused by ingestion of contaminated beef at grilled meat-restaurant chain stores in the kinki district in Japan: Epidemiological analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 91-92

  Tsuji, Hidetaka ^a,b,c,d   Oshibe, Tomohiro ^a,b,c,d   Hamada, Kokichi ^a,b,c,d   Kawanishi, Shinya ^a,b,c,d   Nakayama, Akifumi ^a,b,c,d   Nakajima, Hiroshi ^a,b,c,d  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b Himeji City Institute of Environment and Health   (Japan)

^c Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

^d Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0036622676     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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