Enterotoxin-producing bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) strains in stool samples submitted for testing of Clostridium difficile and its toxins

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Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 217-219

  Meisel Mikolajczyk, F ^a   Leszczynski P ^a   Van Belkum, A ^b   Pituch, H ^a   Obuch Woszczatynski P ^a   Rouyan, GH S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAD; Bacteroides fragilis; Clostridium difficile; Enterotoxin fragilysin; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; FRAGILYSIN; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033141305     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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