Molecular and infection biology of the horse pathogen Rhodococcus equi

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 870-891

  Von Bargen, Kristine ^a   Haas, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinomycetales; AIDS; Foal; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rhodococcus equi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AIDS PATIENT; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 68149092297     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00181.x     Document Type: Review

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