Sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157, Scotland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-882

  Pollock, Kevin G J ^a   Locking, Mary E ^a   Beattie, T James ^b   Maxwell, Heather ^b   Ramage, Ian ^b   Hughes, David ^b   Cowieson, Jennifer ^b   Allison, Lesley ^c   Hanson, Mary ^c   Cowden, John M ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish E coli O157/VTEC Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANURIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SORBITOL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77951202378     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.091919     Document Type: Letter

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