Prevalence of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in children with diarrhea in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 801-803

  Kato, Naoki ^a   Liu, Chengxu ^a   Kato, Haru ^a   Watanabe, Kunitomo ^a   Nakamura, Haruhi ^b   Iwai, Naoichi ^b   Ueno, Kazue ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Meitetsu Hospital   (Japan)

^c Gifu College of Medical Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033029788     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.801-803.1999     Document Type: Article

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