Basic science for the chest physician: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the cystic fibrosis airway

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 465-467

  Williams, Huw D ^a   Davies, Jane C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84859839030     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201498     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Downey DG, Bell SC, Elborn JS. Neutrophils in cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2009;64:81-8.
2. Young RL, Malcolm KC, Kret JE, et al. Neutrophil extracellular trap (NET)-mediated killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: evidence of acquired resistance within the CF airway, independent of CFTR. PLoS One 2011;6:e23637.
3. Hauser AR, Jain M, Bar-Meir M, et al. Clinical significance of microbial infection and adaptation in cystic fibrosis. Clin Microbiol Rev 2011;24:29-70.
4. Jensen PO, Givskov M, Bjarnsholt T, et al. The immune system vs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2010;59:292-305.
5. Rada B, Leto TL. Redox warfare between airway epithelial cells and Pseudomonas: dual oxidase versus pyocyanin. Immunol Res 2009;43:198-209.