The type III secretion system facilitates systemic infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the clinic

The type III secretion system facilitates systemic infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the clinic

ABSTRACT Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe systemic infections. Here, we found that the type III secretion system effector ExoU was the main determinant of pathogenicity of a highly virulent clinical isolate strain, BSI_S5, of P. aeruginosa, which caused...

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Main Authors: Tiantian Wu, Zhenchuan Zhang, Tong Li, Xu Dong, Dan Wu, Lixia Zhu, Kaijin Xu, Ying Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-01-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
T3SS
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
virulence
exoU
ST463/O4
high-risk clone
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02224-23

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