Isolation of Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli (O157 and non-O157) in a community hospital

Choong H. Park; Kirsten M. Gates; Nancy M. Vandel; Deborah L. Hixon

doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(96)00180-0

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Escherichia coliMicrobiologySerotypeShiga toxinToxinBiologyIsolation (microbiology)Enterobacteriaceae

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Inova Fairfax Hospital US

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Pages: 69-72
Citations: 42
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                                    Choong H. Park, 
                                
                                    Kirsten M. Gates, 
                                
                                    Nancy M. Vandel
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Isolation of Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli (O157 and non-O157) in a community hospital. 
                            Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
                            , 26
                            (2)
                            , 69-72.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(96)00180-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0732-8893(96)00180-0

Isolation of Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli (O157 and non-O157) in a community hospital

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A prospective study of exposure to verotoxin-producing<i>Escherichia coli</i>among Canadian children with haemolytic uraemic syndrome

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