An outbreak of foodborne Salmonellosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-697

  Niehaus, Abraham J ^a,b   Apalata, Teke ^c   Coovadia, Yacoob M ^a,b   Smith, Anthony M ^d   Moodley, Prashini ^c  

^a INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RURAL HEALTH; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 79957653774     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0749     Document Type: Article

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