Azithromycin inhibits quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1930-1933

  Tateda, Kazuhiro ^a   Comte, Rachel ^b   Pechere, Jean Claude ^b   Köhler, Thilo ^b   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^a   Van Delden, Christian ^b,c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ELASTASE; RHAMNOLIPID; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035007794     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.6.1930-1933.2001     Document Type: Article

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