Seasonal changes in the incidence of Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: Variation with region and place of onset

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 924-929

  Deeny, S R ^a   van Kleef, E ^a,b   Bou Antoun, S ^a   Hope, R J ^a   Robotham, J V ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Escherichia coli; Hospital; Seasonality; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMMUNITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY; SEASON;

BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 84942192013     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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