bft gene subtyping in enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis isolated from children with acute diarrhea

Anaerobe

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Nakano, Viviane ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^b   Vieira, Mônica A M ^b   Ferreira, Rita de Cássia ^a   Avila Campos, Mario Julio ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bft gene subtype; Diarrhea; Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BFT GENE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HIV; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 33847053139     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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