An outbreak of E. coli O15:H7 hemorrhagic colitis associated with unpasteurized gouda cheese

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-184

  Honish, Lance ^a   Predy, Gerry ^a   Hislop, Nyall ^a   Chui, Linda ^b   Kowalewska Grochowska, Kinga ^b   Trottier, Larry ^c   Kreplin, Cornelia ^d   Zazulak, Ingrid ^a  

^a Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cheese; Disease outbreaks; Escherichia coli O157; Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CHEESE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 20344367074     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403686     Document Type: Article

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