Adaptation to Potassium-Limitation Is Essential for Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia Pathogenesis

Conclusions. For the first time, A. baumannii KdpE is shown to be crucial to pneumonia onset, and targeting this system can be a viable approach to treating these fatal infections.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - December 4, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Samir, R., Hussein, S. H., Elhosseiny, N. M., Khattab, M. S., Shawky, A. E., Attia, A. S. Tags: BACTERIA Source Type: research