Acinetobacter baumanniipH

Jesus S Distel1, Gisela Di Venanzio1, Joseph J Mackel2

  • 1Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America.

PLoS pathogens
|June 9, 2023
PubMed
概括

临床Acinetobacter baumannii分离物,与实验室菌株不同,可以通过防止和氨酸的体酸化,在肺巨体内生存. 这种巨细胞生存机制可能解释了它们在肺炎期间的持久性.

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