Campylobacter jejuni: A brief overview on pathogenicity-associated factors and disease-mediating mechanisms

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Dasti, Javid I ^a   Tareen, A Malik ^a   Lugert, Raimond ^a   Zautner, Andreas E ^a   Groß, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Cdt; Cytolethal distending toxin; Review; Translocation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHICKEN; DIARRHEA; FOOD POISONING; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77950370926     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2009.07.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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