Studies on the involvement of the exopolysaccharide produced by cystic fibrosis-associated isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia complex in biofilm formation and in persistence of respiratory infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3052-3058

  Cunha, Mónica V ^a   Sousa, Sílvia A ^a   Leitão, Jorge H ^a   Moreira, Leonilde M ^a   Videira, Paula A ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; BURKHOLDERIA STABILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PERSISTENT RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PHAGOCYTE; PLASPOSON INSERTION MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THICKNESS;

BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; BURKHOLDERIA STABILIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142721877     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3052-3058.2004     Document Type: Article

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