A decade of Burkholderia cenocepacia virulence determinant research

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4088-4100

  Loutet, Slade A ^a   Valvano, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77957726305     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00212-10     Document Type: Short Survey

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