Attachment of Burkholderia pseudomallei to pharyngeal epithelial cells: A highly pathogenic bacteria with low attachment ability

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-93

  Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a   Enciso, Hernan Diosnel Rodriquez ^b   Masaki, Hironori ^a   Tao, Misao ^a   Omori, Akemi ^a   Tharavichikul, Prasit ^c   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Instituto de Medicina Tropical   (Paraguay)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032898814     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.90     Document Type: Article

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