Shiga toxin/verocytotoxin-producing escherichia coli infections: Practical Clinical Perspectives

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Davis, T Keefe ^a   Van De Kar, Nicole C A J ^b   Tarr, Phillip I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84949051361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.EHEC-0025-2014     Document Type: Article

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