Is quorum sensing interference a viable alternative to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Garc�a Contreras, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clinical isolates; Pseudomonas infections; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing (QS); Resistance

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PYOCYANINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL VIABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84993949205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01454     Document Type: Article

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