A case of hemolytic-uremic syndrome associated with Shiga toxin 2-producing Escherichia coli O121 infection caused by drinking water contaminated with bovine feces

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 174-176

  Yatsuyanagi, Jun ^a   Saito, Shioko ^a   Ito, Isao ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY STUDY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036823041     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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