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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
Gallstone bacteria provide a reservoir for biliary infections. Slime production facilitates adherence, whereas beta-glucuronidase and phospholipase generate colonization surface. These factors facilitate gallstone formation, but their influence on infection severity is unknown.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1091-255X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
977-83; discussion 983-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-9-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Gallstones containing bacteria are biofilms: bacterial slime production and ability to form pigment solids determines infection severity and bacteremia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery (112), University of California San Francisco, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. lygia.stewart@med.va.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.