Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae secretes more and more active iron-acquisition molecules than "classical" k. pneumoniae thereby enhancing its virulence

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Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Russo, Thomas A ^a,b   Shon, Alyssa S ^a,b   Beanan, Janet M ^a,b   Olson, Ruth ^a,b   MacDonald, Ulrike ^a,b   Pomakov, Alexander O ^b   Visitacion, Mark P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUORUM SENSING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACILLI (CLASS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; IRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80055053683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026734     Document Type: Article

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