Article
Analysis of virulence factors of Legionella pneumophila.
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 1993
Hacker J, Ott M, Wintermeyer E, Ludwig B, Fischer G
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease is a facultative intracellular bacterium, which in the course of human infection multiplies in lung macrophages predominantly manifesting as pneumonia. The natural habitat of Legionella is found in sweet water reservoirs and man...
Topics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cloning, Molecular
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Immunophilins
- Legionella pneumophila
- Legionnaires' Disease
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
- Virulence