Pathogenic Escherichia coli and food handlers in luxury hotels in Nairobi, Kenya

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Onyango, Abel O ^a,b   Kenya, Eucharia U ^a   Mbithi, John J N ^a   Ng'ayo, Musa O ^c  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multi drug resistant; Pathogenic Escherichia coli; Tourist destination hotels; Virulence properties

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; LOOSE FECES; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOURISM;

EID: 70450267481     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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