Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the in vitro and in vivo biofilm mode of growth.
Microbes Infect
; 3(1): 23-35, 2001 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11226851
ABSTRACT
The biofilm mode of growth is the survival strategy of environmental bacteria like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Such P. aeruginosa biofilms also occur in the lungs of chronically infected cystic fibrosis patients, where they protect the bacteria against antibiotics and the immune response. The lung tissue damage is due to immune complex mediated chronic inflammation dominated by polymorphonuclear leukocytes releasing proteases and oxygen radicals.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Pseudomonas Infections
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Cystic Fibrosis
Limits:
Animals
/
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Microbes Infect
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
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