Enteropathogenic activity and invasion of HEp-2 cells by Aeromonas caviae clinical isolates

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-283

  Krzymińska, Sylwia ^a   Kaznowski, Adam ^a   Lindner, Karolina ^a   Mnichowska, Magdalena ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

A. caviae; Invasive ability; Toxins

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTONIC ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES INVASION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FECES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VERO CELLS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 17744406217     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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