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Contribution of silver ion resistance to the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with special reference to burn wound sepsis.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 1991
Vasishta R, Saxena M, Chhibber S
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The virulence of a silver-ion-resistant (AgR) clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its silver-sensitive mutant (AgS) was compared in the murine burn-wound sepsis model. The AgR strain showed significantly higher colonization of burned skin vis-a-vis the AgS strain. The altered pathogenicity may in part be due to the decrease in capsular content and cell surface hydrophobicity, accompanying the loss of...
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