Increased incidence of Escherichia coli bacteremia post-christchurch earthquake 2011: Possible associations

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Schousboe, Mona ^a   Lynds, Jania ^a   Ambrose, Chris ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bacteremia; Christchurch; disaster; earthquake; pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; EARTHQUAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; EARTHQUAKES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878328167     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X13000137     Document Type: Article

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