Biofilm formation in vitro and virulence in vivo of mutants of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4888-4890

  Lavender, Heather F ^a   Jagnow, Jennifer R ^a   Clegg, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 3343022505     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.8.4888-4890.2004     Document Type: Article

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