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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Some bacterial pathogens can establish life-long chronic infections in their hosts. Persistence is normally established after an acute infection period involving activation of both the innate and acquired immune systems. Bacteria have evolved specific pathogenic mechanisms and harbor sets of genes that contribute to the establishment of a persistent lifestyle that leads to chronic infection. Persistent bacterial infection may involve occupation of a particular tissue type or organ or modification of the intracellular environment within eukaryotic cells. Bacteria appear to adapt their immediate environment to favor survival and may hijack essential immunoregulatory mechanisms designed to minimize immune pathology or the inappropriate activation of immune effectors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1529-2908
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1026-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Antigenic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Immunity, Mucosal, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Immunocompromised Host, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Mycobacterium Infections, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Mycobacterium leprae, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Salmonella, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Salmonella Infections, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Salmonella Infections, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12407411-Species Specificity
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic bacterial infections: living with unwanted guests.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK. g.dougan@ic.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't