Genotypic analysis of UK keratitis-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggests adaptation to environmental water as a key component in the development of eye infections

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Shankar, Jayendra ^a,b   Sueke, Henri ^a   Wiehlmann, Lutz ^c   Horsburgh, Malcolm J ^b   Tuft, Stephen ^d   Neal, Timothy J ^a   Kaye, Stephen B ^a   Winstanley, Craig ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Keratitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84865434296     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02621.x     Document Type: Article

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