Association between Streptococcus bovis and colon cancer

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 516-

  Boleij, Annemarie ^a   Schaeps, Renée M J ^a   Tjalsma, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; COLON TUMOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 60849136920     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01755-08     Document Type: Letter

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