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Dietary zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection via IL-13 in mice - Nature Microbiology

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By Lauren Palmer, Kacie Traina
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Abstract Dietary zinc deficiency is a major risk factor for pneumonia. Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and a critical public health threat due to increasing rates of multidrug resistance. Patient populations at increased risk for A. baumannii pneumonia are also at increased risk of zinc deficiency. Here we established a mouse model of dietary zinc deficiency and acute A.
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