Azithromycin decolonization of STECĝ€"a new risk emerges

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 429-

  Seifert, Michael E ^a   Tarr, Phillip I ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; NOTE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862900578     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.87-c1     Document Type: Letter

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