Foodborne disease outbreak in El Huecú community, province of Neuquén;Brote de enfermedad alimentaria en la localidad de El Huecú, provincia de Neuquén

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Lopez C ^d   Feltri, A ^b   Leotta, G ^f   Gonzalez G ^c   Manfredi, E ^f   Gottardi, G ^e   Elder, M ^d   De Las Carreras, S ^a   Patri, C ^a   Guajardo, F ^a   Martín, A San ^a   Rivas, M ^f  

^a Hospital de Área El Huecú   (Argentina)

^b Zona Sanitaria II ^*  (Argentina)

^c Hospital Horacio Heller Neuquén   (Colombia)

^d Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e Laboratorio de Microbiología   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Case and control studies; Enterotoxigenic staphylococcus aureus; Foodborne disease outbreak

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VOMITING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRIGERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 61949445962     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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