Lack of association between the presence of the pVir plasmid and bloody diarrhea in Campylobacter jejuni enteritis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1867-1868

  Louwen, R P L ^a   Van Belkum, A ^a   Wagenaar, J A ^b   Doorduyn, Y ^c   Achterberg, R ^c   Endtz, H P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 33646571530     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1867-1868.2006     Document Type: Article

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