Targeting quorum sensing for treatment of chronic bacterial biofilm infections

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-306

  Hentzer, Morten ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N (3 OXO)HEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036193971     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/EYEV-WT6T-GKHE-C8LM     Document Type: Review

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