Clinical significance and distribution of putative virulence markers of 116 consecutive clinical Aeromonas isolates in southern Taiwan

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Wu, Chi Jung ^a   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^b   Yan, Jing Jou ^a,b   Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b   Lee, Nan Yao ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Hsin I Shih, ^a   Wu, Hsiu Mei ^b   Wang, Li Rong ^b   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Gram negative bacilli; Liver cirrhosis; Putative factors; Taiwan; Type III secretion system; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL TYPE 3 SECRETION SYSTEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOLYTIC ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; HEAT LABILE ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOTTING; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TAIWAN;

AEROMONAS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33846152919     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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