Quorum sensing and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during lung infection of cystic fibrosis patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^a   Jensen, Peter Østrup ^b   Jakobsen, Tim Holm ^a   Phipps, Richard ^c   Nielsen, Anne Kirstine ^a   Rybtke, Morten Theil ^a   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a,b   Ciofu, Oana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; ELASTASE; PROTEIN LASL; PROTEIN LASR; PROTEIN RHIR; PROTEIN RHLL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHAMNOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TIME; VIRULENCE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77954649223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010115     Document Type: Article

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