An Outbreak of Domestically Acquired Typhoid Fever in Queens, NY

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 565-567

  Yoon, James ^a   Segal Maurer, Sorana ^a,b   Rahal, James J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GASTROENTERITIS; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUMMER; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WORK;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 1542347608     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.5.565     Document Type: Article

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