Corynebacterium diphtheriae threats in cancer patients

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-100

  Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a   Formiga, L C D ^a   Camello, T C F ^a   Pereira, G A ^a   Hirata R , Jr ^a   Dias, L M D ^a   Halpern, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adherence; Biotypes; Cancer; Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP; ESCULIN; GLASS; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; MANNITOL; NITRATE; POLYSTYRENE; PYRAZINAMIDASE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREASE; XYLOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLASTOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRONCHI; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CROSS INFECTION; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034898586     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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