Clostridium difficile

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Poxton, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; ENTERITIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

EID: 20944442298     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45951-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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