Immunological evidence for a bacterial toxin aetiology in sudden infant death syndrome

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 37-50

  Siarakas, Steven ^a,b   Brown, Alissa Jane ^b   Murrell, William G ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Enterotoxin; Escherichia coli; Staphylococcus antibody; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0032980439     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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