Enteroaggregative E. coli O104 from an outbreak of HUS in Germany 2011, could it happen again?

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Chattaway, Marie Anne ^a   Dallman, Tim ^a   Okeke, Iruke N ^b   Wain, John ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

EAEC; EHEC; HUS; Outbreak O104:H4; ST678

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960121797     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2166     Document Type: Review

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