Nonmultiplying bacteria are profoundly tolerant to antibiotics

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-119

  Hu, Yanmin ^a   Coates, Anthony ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic tolerance; Dormant bacteria; Nonmultiplying bacteria; Persisters; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DORMANT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NONMULTIPLYING BACTERIUM; NONMULTIPLYING PERSISTENT BACTERIUM; NONMULTIPLYING STATIONARY PHASE BACTERIUM; PERSISTENT BACTERIUM; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84870225115     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28951-4_7     Document Type: Article

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