Clostridium difficile toxins and enterococcal translocation in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-102

  Feltis, B A ^a   Garni, R M ^a   Wells, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial translocation; Clostridium difficile; Intestinal permeability; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CECUM; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRAIN HT29; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTERNALIZATION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035746435     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2001.6130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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