Virulence of Rhodococcus equi isolated from cats and dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4468-4470

  Takai, Shinji ^a   Martens, Ronald J ^b   Julian, Alan ^c   Ribeiro, Márcio Garcia ^d   De Farias, Marconi Rodrigues ^d   Sasaki, Yukako ^a   Inuzuka, Kazuho ^a   Kakuda, Tsutomu ^a   Tsubaki, Shiro ^a   Prescott, John F ^e  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d Dept of Small Anim Clin Sciences ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; DOG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOGS; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FELIS CATUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0041417740     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4468-4470.2003     Document Type: Article

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