Epidemiological and pathobiological profiles of Clostridium perfringens infections: Review of consecutive series of 33 cases over a 13-year period

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 569-577

  Shindo, Yuji ^a   Dobashi, Yoh ^a   Sakai, Toshiyasu ^a   Monma, Chie ^b   Miyatani, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshida, Yukio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Clostridium perfringens; Fatal acute hemolysis; Polymerase chain reaction amplification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84923093102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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