Dormant bacteria within Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms have low inflammatory properties and maintain tolerance to vancomycin and penicillin after entering planktonic growth

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 1274-1283

  Cerca, Filipe ^a,b   França, Ângela ^c   Pérez Cabezas, Begoña ^b   Carvalhais, Virgínia ^a,c   Ribeiro, Adília ^a,b   Azeredo, Joana ^c   Pier, Gerald ^d   Cerca, Nuno ^c   Vilanova, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CYTOKINES; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PENICILLINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84907289386     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.073163-0     Document Type: Article

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