Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) strains isolated in the Netherlands and Poland are genetically diverse

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-39

  Obuch Woszczatyński, Piotr ^a   Wintermans, Rob G F ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^c   Endtz, Hubert ^a   Pituch, Hanna ^c   Kreft, Deborah ^a   Meisel Mikołajczyk, Felicja ^a   Łuczak, Mirosław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Franciscusziekenhuis Med Microbiol   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteroides fragilis; Enterotoxin; PFGE

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DIARRHEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3042651878     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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