Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis isolates from individual patients demonstrate a range of levels of lethality in two Drosophila melanogaster infection models

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1877-1888

  Lutter, Erika I ^a   Faria, Monica M P ^a   Rabin, Harvey R ^a,b,c   Storey, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURN INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 42949146088     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01165-07     Document Type: Article

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