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Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis clinical isolates produce exotoxin A with altered ADP-ribosyltransferase activity and cytotoxicity.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Aug 2000
Gallant Claude V, Raivio Tracy L, Olson Joan C, Woods Donald E, Storey Douglas G
Abstract excerpt
The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (ETA) as a virulence factor in the lung infections of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is not well understood. Transcript-accumulation studies of bacterial populations in sputum reveal high levels of transcription of toxA, which encodes ETA, in some patients with CF. However, in general, tissue damage in the lungs of patients with CF does not seem to be consistent with a...
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