The immune system vs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-305

  Jensen, Peter Østrup ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^b   Moser, Claus ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adaptive immunity; biofilm infections; cytokines; innate immunity; neutrophils; Th1 Th2 response

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; CHRONIC DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954650152     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00706.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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