Pseudomonas aeruginosa tolerance to tobramycin, hydrogen peroxide and polymorphonuclear leukocytes is quorum-sensing dependent

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-383

  Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^a   Jensen, Peter Øtrup ^b   Burmølle, Mette ^c   Hentzer, Morten ^d   Haagensen, Janus A J ^a   Hougen, Hans Petter ^c   Calum, Henrik ^b   Madsen, Kit G ^a   Moser, Claus ^b   Molin, Søren ^a   Høiby, Niels ^b   Givskov, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY BURST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBRAMYCIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14044254215     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27463-0     Document Type: Article

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