Augmented production of extracellular superoxide by blood isolates of Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 743-746

  Huycke, Mark M ^a   Joyce, Wendy ^b   Wack, Matthew F ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030020722     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.3.743     Document Type: Article

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