A foodborne outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli serotype O169:H41 in Osaka, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 530-533

  Harada, Tetsuya ^a   Itoh, Kaoru ^b   Yamaguchi, Yuko ^c   Hirai, Yuji ^a   Kanki, Masashi ^a   Kawatsu, Kentaro ^a   Seto, Kazuko ^a   Taguchi, Masumi ^a   Kumeda, Yuko ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Kishiwada Public Health Center   (Japan)

^c Izumisano Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

ETEC O169:H41; Foodborne outbreak; Japan

Indexed keywords

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

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888114260     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.530     Document Type: Article

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