Protracted outbreak of S. Enteritidis PT 21c in a large Hamburg nursing home

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Frank, Christina ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a   Maaß, Monika ^b   Schröder, Arthur ^c   Bracht, Karl Hans ^c   Domke, Paul Gerhard ^d   Rabsch, Wolfgang ^a   Fell, Gerhard ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

^c District Public Health Authority   (Germany)

^d Consumer Protection Authority ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FREEZING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SAMPLE; STAFF; SUMMER; WEATHER; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY;

AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

EID: 38149015471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-243     Document Type: Article

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