Family outbreak of Shiga Toxin- producing Escherichia coli O123:H-, France, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1491-1493

  King, Lisa A ^a   Filliol Toutain, Ingrid ^b   Mariani Kurkidjian, Patricia ^c   Vaillant, Véronique ^a   Vernozy Rozand, Christine ^d   Gantet, Sarah ^d   Pihier, Nathalie ^e   Niaudet, Patrick ^f   de Valk, Henriette ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^e Direction Generale de l'Alimentation   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FAMILY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LETTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77956048090     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100472     Document Type: Letter

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