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Virulence determinants from a cystic fibrosis isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa include isocitrate lyase
1 Jun 2008
Abstract excerpt
Chronic lung infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Adaptation of P. aeruginosa to the CF lung results in the loss of acute virulence determinants and appears to activate chronic virulence strategies in this pathogen. In order to identify such strategies, a random transposon mutagenesis was performed and 18 genes that were...
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