Chronic infection by controlling inflammation

Alain Filloux*, Jane C. Davies

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Molecular players involved in systemic and acute infections are relatively easy to pinpoint, whereas bacterial resilience during chronic infections remains less well understood. Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a quorum-regulated virulence factor, TesG, that promotes chronic lung infection by suppressing host inflammatory responses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)378-379
Number of pages2
JournalNature Microbiology
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1 2019
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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© 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Cell Biology

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