Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens and sporadic diarrhoea: A study from an Indian tertiary care hospital [4]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1757-1758

  Joshy, Lovely ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Das, B K ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPE GENE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENTIAN VIOLET; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LATEX; PHENAZINES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33845441158     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46782-0     Document Type: Letter

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