SUMMARY A select group of microorganisms inhabit the airways of individuals with cystic
fibrosis. Once established within the pulmonary environment in these patients, many of …

Bacteria in natural, industrial and clinical settings predominantly live in biofilms, ie, sessile
structured microbial communities encased in self‐produced extracellular matrix material …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative rod that is ubiquitous in nature. P. aeruginosa
is also the quintessential opportunistic pathogen, causing a wide variety of infections in …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes infections in a wide variety of hosts and is the leading
cause of mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Although most clinical isolates of P …

Cross-infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa between unrelated patients with cystic fibrosis
(CF) is believed to be uncommon. After detecting a genotypically identical strain of P …

Signal-mediated interactions between the human opportunistic pathogens Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and Candida albicans affect virulence traits in both organisms. Phenotypic …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoS is a bifunctional type III-secreted cytotoxin. The N terminus
(amino acids 96–233) encodes a GTPase-activating protein activity, whereas the C terminus …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa coordinates its virulence expression and establishment in the
host in response to modification of its environment. During the infectious process, bacteria …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common and important pathogen in people with cystic
fibrosis (CF). With the advent of modern genotyping, a number of clonal strains of P …

Chronic respiratory infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality, most particularly
in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients. The recent finding that gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) …