Beta- lactam antibiotics stimulate biofilm formation in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae by up-regulating carbohydrate metabolism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Siva ^a   Li, Xiaojin ^b   Gunawardana, Manjula ^c   Maguire, Kathleen ^d   Guerrero Given, Debbie ^e   Schaudinn, Christoph ^f   Wang, Charles ^g   Baum, Marc M ^c   Webster, Paul ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Apollo Instruments Inc   (United States)

^c OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (United States)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFUROXIME; GLYCOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CEFUROXIME; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84904102448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099204     Document Type: Article

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