Gastroenteritis and food-borne disease in elderly people living in long-term care

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-404

  Kirk, Martyn D ^a,b   Veitch, Mark G ^c   Hall, Gillian V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OzFoodNet   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE;

EID: 75749111632     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649878     Document Type: Review

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