Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Cell-to-Cell Signaling and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

Christian Van Delden and Barbara H. Iglewski

Author affiliations: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA

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Virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. P. aeruginosa has both cell-associated (flagellum, pilus, nonpilus adhesins, alginate/biofilm, lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) and extracellular virulence factors (proteases, hemolysins, exotoxin A, exoenzyme S, pyocyanin).

Figure 1. Virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. P. aeruginosa has both cell-associated (flagellum, pilus, nonpilus adhesins, alginate/biofilm, lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) and extracellular virulence factors (proteases, hemolysins, exotoxin A, exoenzyme S, pyocyanin).

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