AI-2 quorum sensing affects antibiotic susceptibility in Streptococcus anginosus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-53

  Ahmed, Nibras A A M ^a   Petersen, Fernanda C ^a   Scheie, Anne Aamdal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; DPD; Erythromycin; LuxS; Signalling

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; SUPERNATANT; WILD TYPE;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

EID: 34447562741     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm124     Document Type: Article

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