The Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Gene Is Prevalent in the Colon Mucosa of Colorectal Cancer Patients

A Boleij, EM Hechenbleikner… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A Boleij, EM Hechenbleikner, AC Goodwin, R Badani, EM Stein, MG Lazarev, B Ellis…
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015academic.oup.com
Colonic mucosal bft detection was significantly higher in tumor-bearing patients than in
colonoscopy control patients and universal in late-stage colorectal cancer (CRC). bft-2 was
the most frequent isotype identified, and multiple bft isotypes were more often present in
CRC patients.
Colonic mucosal bft detection was significantly higher in tumor-bearing patients than in colonoscopy control patients and universal in late-stage colorectal cancer (CRC). bft-2 was the most frequent isotype identified, and multiple bft isotypes were more often present in CRC patients.
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