Update on Escherichia coli O157:H7

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-301

  Lawson, J Mark ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLEEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INOCULATION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGELLA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344580571     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-004-0081-7     Document Type: Review

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