Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in children: Diagnosis and clinical manifestations of O157:H7 and non-O157:H7 infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 955-959

  Hermos, Christina R ^a   Janineh, Marcie ^a   Han, Linda L ^b   McAdam, Alexander J ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b William A Hinton State Laboratory Institute   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952348532     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02119-10     Document Type: Article

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