Article
Study of biological characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis and from patients with extra-pulmonary infections.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2008
Stehling Eliana Guedes, Silveira Wanderley Dias da, Leite Domingos da Silva
Abstract excerpt
A total of 120 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, isolated from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients (n = 80) and from patients having extra-pulmonary infections (n = 40) were studied regarding the presence of some virulence factors (hemolysin, gelatinase and elastase production) and presence of the algD and algU genes as detected by polymerase chain reaction-PCR. There was not a significant difference for the...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Gelatinases
- Genes, Bacterial
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Humans
- Pancreatic Elastase
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Sigma Factor
- Virulence Factors