Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli serotype o78:H-in family, Finland, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 577-581

  Lienemann, Taru ^a   Salo, Eeva ^b   Rimhanen Finne, Ruska ^a   Rönnholm, Kai ^b   Taimisto, Mari ^c   Hirvonen, Jari J ^c   Tarkka, Eveliina ^b   Kuusi, Markku ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY NECROSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84858690842     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1804.111310     Document Type: Article

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