Emergence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains producing high levels of persister cells in patients with cystic fibrosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6191-6199

  Mulcahy, Lawrence R ^a   Burns, Jane L ^b   Lory, Stephen ^c   Lewis, Kim ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL SURVIVAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERISTER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77957947243     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01651-09     Document Type: Article

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