Analysis of the superantigen-producing ability of yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains of various serotypes isolated from patients with systemic or gastroenteric infections, wildlife animals and natural environments

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-291

  Ueshiba, Hidehiro ^a   Kato, Hideto ^a   Miyoshi Akiyama, Tohru ^b   Tsubokura, Misao ^c   Nagano, Tetsuji ^a   Kaneko, Seiji ^a   Uchiyama, Takehiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

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EID: 0032191613     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80051-0     Document Type: Article

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