An unusual community-acquired invasive and multi systemic infection due to ExoU-harboring Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain: Clinical disease and microbiological characteristics

Community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are rare. Most cases involve patients either with underlying immunosuppression or structural chronic lung diseases. We report here an atypical case of a severe community-acquired invasive infection due to a hypervirulent ExoU-producing strain, in...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Elabbadi, Stéphane Pont, Charlotte Verdet, Patrick Plésiat, François Cretin, Guillaume Voiriot, Muriel Fartoukh, Michel Djibré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118219300842