Evaluation of antibiotic efficacy against infections caused by planktonic or biofilm cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Galleria mellonella

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 538-545

  Benthall, Gabriel ^a,b   Touzel, Rebecca E ^a   Hind, Charlotte K ^a   Titball, Richard W ^b   Sutton, J Mark ^a   Thomas, Rachael J ^b   Wand, Matthew E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Galleria mellonella; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84946499503     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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