Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis elicited fluid accumulation in the intestial tract and exfoliation of epithelial cells in the proximal colon of the 2-week-old rabbit. The rabbit model was employed to screen isolates of B. fragilis for enterovirulence and to study the pathogenesis of diseasse caused by enterotoxigenic B. fragilis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1658-1660 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| State | Published - 1990 |