O148 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreak: Microbiological investigation as a useful complement to epidemiological investigation

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 992-998

  Espie E ^a   Grimont, F ^b   Vaillant, V ^a   Montet, M P ^c   Carle, I ^b   Bavai, C ^c   de Valk, H ^a   Vernozy Rozand, C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Foodborne infection; Molecular typing; Outbreak; Shiga toxin; STEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SHIGA TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748366065     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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