A subtype of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis epidemic strain exhibits enhanced virulence in a murine model of acute respiratory infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 935-942

  Carter, Melissa E K ^a   Fothergill, Joanne L ^b,c   Walshaw, Martin J ^d   Rajakumar, Kumar ^a   Kadioglu, Aras ^a   Winstanley, Craig ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77955932756     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655781     Document Type: Article

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