Outbreak of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O169 enteritis in schoolchildren associated with consumption of kimchi, Republic of Korea, 2012

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 616-623

  Cho, S H ^a   Kim, J ^a   Oh, K H ^a   Hu, J K ^b   Seo, J ^c   Oh, S S ^d   Hur, M J ^d   Choi, Y H ^e   Youn, S K ^e   Chung, G T ^a   Choe, Y J ^e,f  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Health Social Bureau   (South Korea)

^c Health Policy Bureau   (South Korea)

^d Division of Microbiology Incheon Research Institute of Public Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^e Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Food safety; Foodborne infections; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CABBAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIMCHI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RADISH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; BRASSICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SCHOOL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI O169 ENTERITIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; KOREA; POPULATION RISK;

BRASSICA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84896446349     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001477     Document Type: Article

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