Clinical relevance of virulence genes in Campylobacter jejuni isolates in Bahrain

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 839-843

  Al Mahmeed, Ali ^a   Senok, Abiola C ^a   Ismaeel, Abdulrahman Y ^a   Bindayna, Khalid M ^a   Tabbara, Khaled S ^a   Botta, Giuseppe A ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BAHRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CDTB GENE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IAM GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BAHRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33745652714     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46500-0     Document Type: Article

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