Yersinia enterocolitica: Pathogenesis, virulence and antimicrobial resistance

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Fàbrega, Anna ^a   Vila, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Pathogenesis; Virulence; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CALCIUM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 84856014525     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.07.017     Document Type: Review

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