Capsule production in Bacillus cereus strains associated with severe pneumonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3426-3428

  Sue, David ^a,c   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a   Popovic, Tanja ^b   Wilkins, Patricia P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 33748799999     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00873-06     Document Type: Article

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