Escherichia coli STb toxin and colibacillosis: Knowing is half the battle

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Dubreuil, J Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colibacillosis; Diarrhea; Enterotoxigenic; Escherichia coli; Pathogenesis; STb toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EAST1 TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; STA TOXIN; STB TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 37249067620     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00967.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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