Laboratory practices and incidence of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-479

  Stigi, Kathleen A ^a   Macdonald, J Kathryn ^a   Tellez Marfin, Anthony A ^a   Lofy, Kathryn H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; MICROBIOLOGY; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84857548537     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.111358     Document Type: Article

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