Acute renal failure in an infant associated with cytotoxic Aeromonas sobria isolated from patient's stool and from aquarium water as suspected source of infection [4]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 469-470

  Filler, Guido ^a   Ehrich, Jochen H H ^b   Strauch, Eckhard ^c   Beutin, Lothar ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033973495     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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