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Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in infected patients revealed in a Dictyostelium discoideum host model.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2011
Lelong E, Marchetti A, Simon M, Burns J L, van Delden C, Köhler T, Cosson P
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause acute lung infections in intubated patients or chronic infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In both situations, P. aeruginosa accumulates specific mutations, in particular in the lasR quorum-sensing regulator gene. Using a Dictyostelium discoideum amo...
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