Dioctahedral Smectite Neutralization Activity of Clostridium difficile and Bacteroides fragilis Toxins in vitro

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-183

  Martirosian, Gayane ^a   Rouyan, Gholamreza ^a   Zalewski, Tadeusz ^b   Meisel Mikołajczyk, Felicia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HT29; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GOAT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL LINE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROTOXINS; GOATS; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SILICATES;

EID: 0031986830     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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