An outbreak of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus associated with consumption of fresh goat cheese

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuusi, Markku ^a   Lahti, Elina ^b   Virolainen, Anni ^a   Hatakka, Maija ^c   Vuento, Risto ^d   Rantala, Leila ^b   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^a   Seuna, Eija ^b   Karppelin, Matti ^d   Hakkinen, Marjaana ^b   Takkinen, Johanna ^a   Gindonis, Veera ^b   Siponen, Kyosti ^c   Huotari, Kaisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c National Food Agency Helsinki   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; CEFUROXIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHEESE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIBOTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; FINLAND; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33645216353     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-36     Document Type: Article

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