An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 gastroenteritis in a care home for the elderly

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1276-1281

  Afza, M ^a   Hawker, J ^a   Thurston, H ^b   Gunn, K ^c   Orendi, J ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheshire Health Protection Field Team   (United Kingdom)

^c Shropshire and Staffordshire Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 33750296937     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006546     Document Type: Article

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