Investigation into an unusual increase of human cases of Salmonella Goldcoast infection in Hungary in 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Horvath J K ^a   Mengel, M ^b,c   Krisztalovics, K ^a   Nogrady, N ^a   Paszti J ^a   Lenglet, A ^c   Takkinen, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA GOLDCOAST; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84875186748     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.18.11.20422-en     Document Type: Article

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