Quorum sensing is necessary for the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during urinary tract infection

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Kumar, Ravi ^a   Chhibber, Sanjay ^a   Harjai, Kusum ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mouse model; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Urinary tract infections; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE LEVEL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67651119892     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.183     Document Type: Article

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