Adhesiveness of Bacteroides fragilis strains isolated from feces of healthy donors, abscesses, and blood

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 332-334

  Guzmàn, Carlos A ^a,b   Biavasco, Francesca ^b   Pruzzo, Carla ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; FECES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CELL LINE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CELL LINE; FECES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031136496     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900191     Document Type: Article

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