Clostridia and clostridial enteric disease: Oral presentations Clostridium perfringens in spontaneous and antibioticassociated diarrhoea of man and other animals

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Carman, Robert J ^a  

^a TECHLAB INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated; Clostridhim perfringens; Diarrhoea; Enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FOOD POISONING; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031452894     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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