Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 among French tourists returning from Turkey, September 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Silva, N Jourdan da ^a   Watrin, M ^b   Weill, F X ^c   King, L A ^a   Gouali, M ^c   Mailles, A ^a   van Cauteren, D ^a   Bataille, M ^d   Guettier, S ^d   Castrale, C ^d   Henry, P ^d   Mariani, P ^e   Vaillant, V ^a   de Valk, H ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Regional Office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; MALE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856266240     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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