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Community surveillance enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence during polymicrobial infection.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jan 2013
Korgaonkar Aishwarya, Trivedi Urvish, Rumbaugh Kendra P, Whiteley Marvin
Abstract excerpt
Most infections result from colonization by more than one microbe. Within such polymicrobial infections, microbes often display synergistic interactions that result in increased disease severity. Although many clinical studies have documented the occurrence of synergy in polymicrobial infections, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. A prominent pathogen in many polymicrobial infections is...
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