Phenotypic & genetic characterization of Bacillus cereus isolated from the acute diarrhoeal patients

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-95

  Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Nair, Gopinath B ^a   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

B. cereus; BCET; Diarrhoea; PFGE; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENTEROTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; DISK DIFFUSION; FECES CULTURE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMOLYSIS; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851489908     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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