Prolonged and mixed non-O157 Escherichia coli infection in an Australian household

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Staples, M ^a   Graham, R M A ^a   Doyle, C J ^a   Smith, H V ^a   Jennison, A V ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Household transmission; Mixed infection; Shedding; Shiga toxigenic E. coli

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84859891113     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03790.x     Document Type: Article

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