Shiga-like toxin II-related cytotoxins in Citrobacter freundii strains from humans and beef samples.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 1993

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H Schmidt1, M Montag, J Bockemühl, J Heesemann, H Karch

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1: Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.

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