Interference of Pseudomonas aeruginosa signalling and biofilm formation for infection control

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^a,b   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a,b   Givskov, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; LASI PROTEIN; RH1R RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953162318     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399410001420     Document Type: Review

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