Highly adherent small-colony variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis lung infection

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Häußler, Susanne ^a   Ziegler, Isabell ^a   Löttel, Alexandra ^a   Götz, Franz V ^a   Rohde, Manfred ^b   Wehmhöhner, Dirk ^a   Saravanamuthu, Selvan ^a   Tümmler, Burkhard ^a   Steinmetz, Ivo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MOTILITY; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM SMALL COLONY VARIANT; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERTANT; RNA ISOLATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUNG; MOVEMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0242417146     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05069-0     Document Type: Article

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