Quorum sensing inhibitors as anti-biofilm agents

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-11

  Brackman, Gilles ^a   Coenye, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiofilm; Biofilm; Quorum sensing; Quorum sensing inhibition

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; AJOENE; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOFILM AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOINDUCER 2 PROTEIN; AUTOINDUCING PEPTIDE; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BAICALIN; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CINNAMALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; GARLIC EXTRACT; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PATULIN; PHENOTHIAZINE; QUORUM SENSING INHIBITOR; SINEFUNGIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BARLEY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PACHYRHIZUS EROSUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG DESIGN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84919711600     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612820666140905114627     Document Type: Article

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