Characterization of the type 3 fimbrial adhesins of Klebsiella strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2887-2894

  Schurtz Sebghati, Tricia A ^a   Korhonen, Timo K ^b   Hornick, Douglas B ^a   Clegg, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 2642670313     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2887-2894.1998     Document Type: Article

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