Detection of toxin production by Bacteroides fragilis: Assay development and screening of extraintestinal clinical isolates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Mundy, Linda M ^a,b   Sears, Cynthia L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029836103     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.269     Document Type: Article

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