How to diagnose a foodborne illness

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 535-554

  Donnenberg, Michael S ^a   Narayanan, Shivakumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Food poisoning; Foodborne illness; Microbiology; Outbreaks; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Stool antigen detection; Stool culture

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F; LACTOFERRIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AMEBIASIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EATING HABIT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; LEUKOCYTE STRUCTURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RISK; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLOSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

DIAGNOSIS; FOOD POISONING; FOODBORNE ILLNESS; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTBREAKS; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STOOL ANTIGEN DETECTION; STOOL CULTURE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84883561085     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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