Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$732,500.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Acute lung infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common cause of death in hospitalized patients and the major cause of death in Cystic Fibrosis. A number of virulence factors have been proposed to lead to these poor outcomes. We wish to re-examine