The use of sequential studies in a salmonellosis outbreak linked to continental custard cakes

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 287-293

  Ward, B ^a,d   Andrews, R ^b   Gregory, J ^b   Lightfoot, D ^c  

^a MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFISOXAZOLE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036772619     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007318     Document Type: Article

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