[Proteus bacilli: features and virulence factors].
In this article, different aspects of virulence factors of Proteus bacilii (P. mirabilis, P. vulgaris, P. penneri i P. hauseri) are presented. These are opportunistic pathogens that cause different kinds of infections, most frequently of the urinary tract. These bacteria have developed several virulence factors, such as adherence due to the presence of fimbriae or afimbrial adhesins, invasiveness, swarming phenomenon, hemolytic activity, urea hydrolysis, proteolysis, and endotoxicity. Below we focus on data concerning the molecular basis of the pathogenicity of Proteus bacilli.
Rózalski
Antoni
A
Zakład Immunobiologii Bakterii, Instytut Mikrobiologii i Immunologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Poland. rozala@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Kwil
Iwona
I
Torzewska
Agnieszka
A
Baranowska
Magdalena
M
Staczek
Paweł
P
D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence / Q000502:physiology; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D011511:Proteus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011817:Rabbits; D013045:Species Specificity; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D019081:O Antigens; D037521:Virulence Factors