Similar virulence properties of infection and colonization associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

CONCLUSIONS: exoU positivity is associated with severe disease, as evidenced by the longer duration of hospital stay of these patients. However, the presence of virulence factors or multi-drug resistance in the cultured strain should not prompt the administration of anti-pseudomonal chemotherapy. PMID: 28893354 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - September 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Aditi, Shariff M, Chhabra SK, Rahman MU Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research