Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation and dispersion during colonization and disease

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chao, Yashuan ^a   Marks, Laura R ^b   Pettigrew, Melinda M ^c   Hakansson, Anders P ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Colonization; Streptococcus; Virulence; Virus

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GENTAMICIN; VACCINE;

AIRWAY EPITHELIUM CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DNA INTEGRATION; DOWN REGULATION; FITNESS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A; MICROFLORA; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84965188565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00194     Document Type: Article

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