A mild outbreak of gastroenteritis in long-term care facility residents due to clostridium perfringens, Australia 2009

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 791-796

  Moffatt, Cameron R M ^a   Howard, Peter J ^b   Burns, Tony ^c  

^a OzFoodNet   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Environmental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 79959861821     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0785     Document Type: Article

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