Isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains during a gastrointestinal outbreak at a day care center in Mar del Plata City;Aislamiento de Escherichia coli productor de toxina Shiga durante un brote de gastroenteritis en un Jardín Maternal de la Ciudad de Mar del Plata

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 176-183

  Gomez, D ^a   Miliwebsky, E ^a   Silva, A ^a   Deza, N ^a   Zotta, C ^a   Cotella, O ^a   Martinez Espinosa E ^a   Chinen, I ^a   Fernandez Pascua C ^a   Rivas, M ^a  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal outbreak; Long term shedding; STEC O103:H2 and O26:H11

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STANDARD; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

EID: 31944433279     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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