Wound infection: a controlled clinical and experimental demonstration of synergy between aerobic (Escherichia coli) and anaerobic (Bacteroides fragilis) bacteria.
Pathogenic synergy between Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis was suggested by clinical trials and proved to exist in an experimental guinea-pig wound model. This finding is thought to have important theoretical and practical therapeutic implications.
D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*