Escherichia coli o104 associated with human diarrhea, South Africa, 2004-2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1314-1317

  Tau, Nomsa P ^a   Meidany, Parastu ^b   Smith, Anthony M ^a,b   Sooka, Arvinda ^a   Keddy, Karen H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; IMIPENEM; INVASION PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0104; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864430027     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.111616     Document Type: Article

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