Under the microscope: Campylobacter jejuni

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Snelling, William John ^a   Matsuda, M ^b   Moore, J E ^c   Dooley, J S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti microbial resistance; Campylobacter; Pathogenicity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL; ANTI-MICROBIAL RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL MECHANISMS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERS; MICROBIAL RESISTANCE; NEW THERAPEUTIC AGENT; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA;

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITRATE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 25844522890     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01788.x     Document Type: Review

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