Determination of bft gene subtypes in Bacteroides fragilis clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1336-1338

  Avila Campos, Mario J ^a   Liu, Chengxu ^b   Song, Yuli ^b   Rowlinson, Marie Claire ^b   Finegold, Sydney M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; FRAGILYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BFT GENE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 34247264456     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02108-06     Document Type: Article

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