Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Exposed to Imipenem Exhibit Changes in Global Gene Expression and β-Lactamase and Alginate Production

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1175-1187

  Bagge, Niels ^a   Schuster, Martin ^c   Hentzer, Morten ^b   Ciofu, Oana ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b   Greenberg, Everett Peter ^c   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; GENE PRODUCT; IMIPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIOFILMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMIPENEM; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIENAMYCINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1642543160     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.4.1175-1187.2004     Document Type: Article

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