Proliferative enterocolitis associated with dual infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Lawsonia intracellularis in rabbits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1700-1703

  Schauer, David B ^a   McCathey, Sonya N ^a   Daft, Barbara M ^b   Jha, Sharda S ^a   Tatterson, Lisa E ^a   Taylor, Nancy S ^a   Fox, James G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031956201     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1700-1703.1998     Document Type: Article

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