Outbreak of non-0157 shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli infection from consumption of beef sausage

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ethelberg, Steen ^a,b   Smith, Birgitte ^a   Torpdahl, Mia ^a   Lisby, Morten ^c   Boel, Jeppe ^d   Jensen, Tenna ^e   Nielsen, Eva Mailer ^a   Molbak, Kare ^b  

^a Departments of Bacteriology Mycology and Parasitology   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Regional Veterinary and Food Control Authority East   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEEF; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA BASE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 63649113753     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597502     Document Type: Article

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