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Phillip I. Tarr
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 308
Citations - 24700
Phillip I. Tarr is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Escherichia coli & Shiga toxin. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 292 publications receiving 22052 citations. Previous affiliations of Phillip I. Tarr include Dalhousie University & Washington Department of Social and Health Services.
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Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli and haemolytic uraemic syndrome
TL;DR: Management of HUS remains supportive; there are no specific therapies to ameliorate the course, and the best way to prevent HUS is to prevent primary infection with Shiga-toxin-producing bacteria.
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Practice Guidelines for the Management of Infectious Diarrhea
Richard L. Guerrant,Thomas Van Gilder,Theodore S. Steiner,Nathan M. Thielman,Laurence Slutsker,Robert V. Tauxe,Thomas W. Hennessy,Patricia M. Griffin,Herbert L. DuPont,R. Bradley Sack,Phillip I. Tarr,Marguerite A. Neill,Irving Nachamkin,L. Barth Reller,Michael T. Osterholm,Michael L. Bennish,Larry K. Pickering +16 more
TL;DR: Prevention by avoidance of undercooked meat or seafood, avoidance of unpasteurized milk or soft cheese, and selected use of available typhoid vaccines for travelers to areas where typhoid is endemic are key to the control of infectious diarrhea.
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The Risk of the Hemolytic–Uremic Syndrome after Antibiotic Treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections
TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective cohort study of 71 children younger than 10 years of age who had diarrhea caused by E. coli O157:H7 was conducted to assess whether antibiotic treatment in these children affects the risk of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome and to assess the influence of confounding factors on this outcome.
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A Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7—Associated Bloody Diarrhea and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome From Hamburgers: The Washington Experience
Beth P. Bell,Marcia Goldoft,Patricia M. Griffin,Margaret A. Davis,Diane C. Gordon,Phillip I. Tarr,Charles A. Bartleson,Jay H. Lewis,Timothy J. Barrett,Joy G. Wells,Roy C. Baron,John M. Kobayashi +11 more
TL;DR: This E coli O157:H7 outbreak, the largest reported, resulted from errors in meat processing and cooking and measures should be developed to reduce meat contamination.
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Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in human medicine
TL;DR: This review will focus on the microbiology, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of EHEC-associated diseases, and illustrate future challenges and opportunities for their control.