Presence of the exoU gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is correlated with cytotoxicity in MDCK cells but not with colonization in BALB/c mice

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4596-4597

  Lin, Hsi Hsun ^a   Huang, Shiao Ping ^b   Teng, Hsiu Chen ^b   Ji, Dar Der ^c   Chen, Yao Shen ^d   Chen, Ya Lei ^e  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d Kaoshiung Veterans General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXOS GENE; EXOT GENE; EXOU GENE; EXOY GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33845569658     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01531-06     Document Type: Article

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