Prevalence, in-vitro secretory activity, and cytotoxicity of Aeromonas species associated with childhood gastroenteritis in Chennai (Madras), India

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Alavandi, Shankar ^a   Ananthan, Sourirajan ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHO CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE SECRETION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032441191     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.51.1     Document Type: Article

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