A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain that shares a type-specific antigen with Shigella flexneri serotype 6 Characterization of the strain and structural studies of the O-antigenic polysaccharide

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 786-791

  Ansaruzzaman, Mohammed ^a   Albert, M John ^a   Holme, Tord ^b   Jansson, Per Erik ^c   Rahman, M Mahbubur ^b,d   Widmalm, Göran ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross reaction; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Lipopolysaccharide; O antigen; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029948596     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0786p.x     Document Type: Article

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