Quorum sensing inhibition selects for virulence and cooperation in pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Köhler, Thilo ^a   Perron, Gabriel G ^b   Buckling, Angus ^b   van Delden, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; QUORUM SENSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TRACHEA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MUTATION; PLACEBOS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77954053982     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000883     Document Type: Article

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