In vitro cellular toxicity predicts Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in lung infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3242-3249

  Sawa, Teiji ^a   Ohara, Maria ^a   Kurahashi, Kiyoyasu ^a   Twining, Sally S ^b   Frank, Dara W ^b   Doroques, David B ^a   Long, Taicy ^a   Gropper, Michael A ^a   Wiener Kronish, Jeanine P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031867030     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3242-3249.1998     Document Type: Article

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