Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli associated with a foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1141-1146

  Scavia, Gaia ^a   Staffolani, Monica ^b   Fisichella, Stefano ^b   Striano, Gianluca ^b   Colletta, Stefano ^c   Ferri, Giovanni ^c   Escher, Martina ^a   Minelli, Fabio ^a   Caprioli, Alfredo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATERING SERVICE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHEESE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHEESE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP;

EID: 51149114854     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001362-0     Document Type: Article

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