Virulence of enterococcus isolates collected in lower silesia (Poland)

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 630-636

  Dworniczek, Ewa ^a   Wojciech, Łukasz ^b   Sobieszczańska, Beata ^a   Seniuk, Alicja ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS MEMBRANE PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GRAM STAINING; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 25444451889     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510031421     Document Type: Article

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