Characterization of the roles of hemolysin and other toxins in enteropathy caused by alpha-hemolytic Escherichia coli linked to human diarrhea

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2040-2051

  Elliott, Simon J ^a,b   Srinivas, S ^a   Albert, M John ^c   Alam, Khorshed ^c   Robins Browne, Roy M ^d   Gunzburg, Stuart T ^b   Mee, Brian J ^b   Chang, Barbara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031949746     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2040-2051.1998     Document Type: Article

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