High prevalence of intestinal carriage of campylobacter coli in patients with primary antibody deficiencies

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 474-475

  Dionisi, Anna Maria ^a   Milito, Cinzia ^b   Martini, Helene ^b   Pesce, Anna Maria ^b   Mitrevski, Milica ^b   Granata, Guido ^b   Lucarelli, Claudia ^a   Parisi, Antonio ^c   Luzzi, Ida ^a   Quinti, Isabella ^b  

^a Immune mediated Diseases Istituto Superiore di Sanità   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GOOD SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INTESTINES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79954994032     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318206bdb8     Document Type: Letter

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