Staphylococcal Enterotoxins G and I, a Cause of Severe but Reversible Neonatal Enteropathy

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Naik, Sandhia ^a   Smith, Fabienne ^a   Ho, John ^a   Croft, Nicholas M ^a   Domizio, Paola ^a   Price, Elisabeth ^a   Sanderson, Ian R ^a   Meadows, Nigel J ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN G; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN I; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYSOSOME; MALNUTRITION; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEONATAL ENTEROPATHY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; FLOXACILLIN; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 38649105783     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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