Lethal toxin is a critical determinant of rapid mortality in rodent models of Clostridium sordellii endometritis

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Hao, Yibai ^a   Senn, Tennille ^a   Opp, Judy S ^a   Young, Vincent B ^a   Thiele, Teri ^b   Srinivas, Geetha ^b   Huang, Steven K ^a   Aronoff, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Clostridium infection; Endometritis; Reproductive tract infections; Toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; CLOSTRIDIAL GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE ENZYME LETHAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SUPERNATANT; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; RODENTIA;

EID: 77951768689     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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