Potential mechanisms underlying the acute lung dysfunction and bacterial extrapulmonary dissemination during Burkholderia cenocepacia respiratory infection

BACKGROUND: Burkholderia cenocepacia, an opportunistic pathogen that causes lung infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, is associated with rapid and usually fatal lung deterioration due to necrotizing pneumonia and sepsis, a condition known as cepacia syndrome. The key bacterial determinants a...

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Autores principales: Cunha, Luiz G, Assis, Maria-Cristina, Machado, Gloria-Beatriz, Assef, Ana P, Marques, Elizabeth A, Leão, Robson S, Saliba, Alessandra M, Plotkowski, Maria-Cristina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20082687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20082687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-4

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