Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli infection in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Haven, Connecticut

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 402-407

  Nataro, James P ^a,f   Mai, Volker ^b   Johnson, Judith ^c   Blackwelder, William C ^a   Heimer, Robert ^d   Tirrell, Shirley ^d   Edberg, Stephen C ^d   Braden, Christopher R ^e   Morris Jr , J Glean ^b   Hirshon, Jon Mack ^b  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; DYSENTERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746612376     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505867     Document Type: Article

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