Enteroaggregative Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli of serotype O104:H4 in Belgium and Luxembourg

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 138-143

  De Rauw, K ^a   Vincken, S ^a   Garabedian, L ^b   Levtchenko, E ^b   Hubloue, I ^a   Verhaegen, J ^b   Craeghs, J ^c   Glupczynski, Y ^d   Mossong, J ^e   Pierard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Algemeen Ziekenhuis Vesalius   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e National Public Health Laboratory Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli; Gastrointestinal disease; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Shiga toxin producing E. coli; Travel

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; DOMPERIDONE; ENTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BELGIUM; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUXEMBOURG; MALAISE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84921951972     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nmi2.58     Document Type: Article

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