title: Wound infection: a controlled clinical and experimental demonstration of synergy between aerobic (Escherichia coli) and anaerobic (Bacteroides fragilis) bacteria.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*