Virulence and resistance features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from chronic leg ulcers

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Georgescu, Mihaela ^a,b   Gheorghe, Irina ^b   Curutiu, Carmen ^b   Lazar, Veronica ^b   Bleotu, Coralia ^b,c   Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen ^b  

^a Central Military Hospital Bucharest   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c STEFAN S NICOLAU INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic leg ulcers; Genetic and phenotypic virulence factors; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ESCULIN; EXOENZYME S; EXOENZYME T; EXOENZYME U; GELATINASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALGD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC LEG ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOT GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; ROMANIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; ROMANIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84960108286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1396-3     Document Type: Article

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