Expression of the soxR gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is inducible during infection of burn wounds in mice and is required to cause efficient bacteremia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5324-5331

  Ha, Unhwan ^a   Jin, Shouguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BURN; GENE INDUCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032884073     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5324-5331.1999     Document Type: Article

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