Occurrence of virulence factors among human intestinal enterococcal isolates

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-344

  Lempiainen H ^a   Kinnunen, K ^a   Mertanen, A ^a   Von Wright, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Intestinal enterococci; PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; ELECTROPHORESIS;

CLINICAL ISOLATES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FAECAL SAMPLES; FOOD ISOLATES; HUMAN FAECAL; INTESTINAL ENTEROCOCCI; PCR; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYTOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 25844467124     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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