Burkholderia cenocepacia strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients are apparently more invasive and more virulent than rhizosphere strains

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2773-2784

  Pirone, Luisa ^a,b   Bragonzi, Alessandra ^c   Farcomeni, Alessio ^b   Paroni, Moira ^c   Auriche, Cristina ^b   Conese, Massimo ^c,d   Chiarini, Luigi ^a   Dalmastri, Claudia ^a   Bevivino, Annamaria ^a   Ascenzioni, Fiorentina ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CELL LINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 51749102466     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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