Prevalence of the virulence plasmids of nontyphoid Salmonella in the serovars isolated from humans and their association with bacteremia

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 899-903

  Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a   Ou, Jonathan T ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Nontyphoid Salmonella; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GASTROENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA DUBLIN; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032888195     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb01225.x     Document Type: Article

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