Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and bloody diarrhoea due to Escherichia coli O104:H4, south-west France, june 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Gault, G ^a   Weill, F X ^b   Mariani Kurkdjian, P ^c   Jourdan da Silva, N ^d   King, L ^d   Aldabe, B ^a   Charron, M ^a   Ong, N ^a   Castor, C ^a   Mace M ^b   Bingen, E ^c   Noel H ^d   Vaillant, V ^d   Bone, A ^d,e   Vendrely, B ^f   Delmas, Y ^f   Combe, C ^f   Bercion, R ^g   D'Andigne E ^g   Desjardin, M ^g   de Valk, H ^d   Rolland, P ^a   more..

^a Cellule interrégionale d'épidémiologie CIRE Aquitaine   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^e European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)   (France)

^f BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Hôpital d'instruction des armées Robert Piqué   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 79960270116     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.26.19905-en     Document Type: Article

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