Cell-to-cell signaling and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-560

  Van Delden, Christian ^a,c   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Schweizerische Nationalfonds SNF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW;

EID: 0031729127     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980405     Document Type: Review

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