Characterization of the Bacteroides fragilis pathogenicity island in human blood culture isolates

Anaerobe

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-22

  Claros, M C ^a   Claros, Z C ^a   Hecht, D W ^b   Citron, D M ^c   Goldstein, E J C ^c   Silva Jr , J ^d   Tang Feldman, Y ^e   Rodloff, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis pathogenicity island; Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 28844470669     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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