An outbreak of Shigatoxin-producing Eshcherichia coli O157:H7 in a nursery school in Mie Prefecture

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2005 Dec;58(6):398-400.

Authors

Akira Sugiyama¹, Yoshito Iwade, Shigehiro Akachi, Yoko Nakano, Yukari Matsuno, Takuya Yano, Akinori Yamauchi, Osamu Nakayama, Haruko Sakai, Ken-ichi Yamamoto, Yuji Nagasaka, Takashi Nakano, Toshiaki Ihara, Hitoshi Kamiya

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Mie Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Mie 512-1211, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 16377881

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Carrier State / microbiology
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks*
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification*
Escherichia coli O157 / metabolism
Escherichia coli O157 / pathogenicity*
Female
Humans
Infant
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged