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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3857-3860, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3857-3860.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

V-Antigen Genotype and Phenotype Analyses of Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Leonard R. Allmond,1 Temitayo Ajayi,2,3 Kiyoshi Moriyama,1 Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish,1,2,3 and Teiji Sawa1**

Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care,1 Cardiovascular Research Institute,2 Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 941433

Received 20 February 2004/ Returned for modification 13 April 2004/ Accepted 7 May 2004

The pcrV genotype was analyzed in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which showed a negative phenotype for secretion of V-antigen PcrV. The suppression of PcrV secretion in these isolates was due not to a lack of the pcrV gene but rather to suppression of PcrV expression.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 513 Parnassus, S-261, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0542. Phone: (415) 476-6784. Fax: (415) 476-8841. E-mail: teiji{at}itsa.ucsf.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3857-3860, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3857-3860.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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