Association of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis with bacteremia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Kato, Naoki ^a   Kato, Haru ^b   Watanabe, Kunitomo ^b   Ueno, Kazue ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029853202     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.supplement_1.s83     Document Type: Article

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