Evaluation of the prevalence of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and the distribution bft gene subtypes in patients with diarrhea

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-509

  Akpinar, Mehtap ^a   Aktaş, Elif ^a   Cömert, Füsun ^a   Külah, Canan ^a   Sümbüloĝlu, Vildan ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Bft gene; Bft subtypes; Diarrhea; Enterotoxin; ETBF

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS FRAGILIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 77957017720     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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