Clinical characteristics of non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates and polymerase chain reaction analysis of their virulence factors

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 474-480

  Lee, Ya Ling ^a   Hung, Po Pin ^a   Tsai, Che An ^a   Lin, Yu Hui ^a   Liu, Chun Eng ^b   Shi, Zi Yuan ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cholera toxin; Vibrio cholerae non O1; Vibrio cholerae O139; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 40649111341     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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