Providencia alcalifaciens strains translocate from the gastrointestinal tract and are resistant to lytic activity of serum complement

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 633-636

  Vieira, Antonia B R ^a,b   Koh, Ivan H J ^a   Guth, Beatriz E C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA ALCALIFACIENS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROVIDENCIA;

EID: 0042028353     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04993-0     Document Type: Article

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