The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Antibiotic-Mediated Killing of Bacteria

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 456-466

  Van Acker, Heleen ^a   Coenye, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Metabolism; ROS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; INACTIVATION, METABOLIC; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 85009812328     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.12.008     Document Type: Review

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