Epidemic population structure of pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evidence for a clone that is pathogenic to the eye and that has a distinct combination of virulence factors

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 6284-6295

  Lomholt, J A ^a   Poulsen, K ^a   Kilian, M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; ELASTASE; EXOENZYME S; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTACT LENS; DNA PROBE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KERATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WOUND INFECTION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOTOXINS; EYE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034826723     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.10.6284-6295.2001     Document Type: Article

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