Persister cells and tolerance to antimicrobials

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Keren, Iris ^a   Kaldalu, Niilo ^a   Spoering, Amy ^a   Wang, Yipeng ^a   Lewis, Kim ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial tolerance; Escherichia coli; Persisters; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH CURVE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PERSISTER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0346492817     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00856-5     Document Type: Article

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