Importance of culture confirmation of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection as illustrated by outbreaks of gastroenteritis - New York and North Carolina, 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 55, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 1042-1045

  Atkinson, R ^a   Johnson, G ^a   Root, T ^a   Halse, T ^a   Wroblewski, D ^a   Davies, M ^b   Byrd, A ^b   Long, L ^b   Demma, L ^c   Angulo, F ^c   Bopp, C ^c   Gerner Smidt, P ^e   Strockbine, N ^c   Greene, K ^c   Swaminathan, B ^c   Griffin, P ^c   Schaffzin, J ^d   Goode, B ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Davidson County Health Dept   (United States)

^c National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; NORTH CAROLINA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 33749125204     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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