Controlling infection by tuning in and turning down the volume of bacterial small-talk

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 667-676

  Cámara, Miguel ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Hardman, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATALASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ELASTASE; EXOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HOMOSERINE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LACTONE; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METICILLIN; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; QUORUM SENSING PEPTIDE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036840993     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(02)00447-4     Document Type: Review

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