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Pseudomonas aeruginosa-mediated cytotoxicity and invasion correlate with distinct genotypes at the loci encoding exoenzyme S.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1997
Fleiszig S M, Wiener-Kronish J P, Miyazaki H, Vallas V, Mostov K E, Kanada D, Sawa T, Yen T S, Frank D W
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen, is capable of establishing both chronic and acute infections in compromised hosts. Previous studies indicated that P. aeruginosa displays either a cytotoxic or an invasive phenotype in corneal epithelial cells. In this study, we used polarized MDCK cells for in vitro infection studies and confirmed that P. aeruginosa isolates can be broadly differentiated into...
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