Virulence Inhibitors from Brazilian Peppertree Block Quorum Sensing and Abate Dermonecrosis in Skin Infection Models

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Muhs, Amelia ^a   Lyles, James T ^a   Parlet, Corey P ^b   Nelson, Kate ^c   Kavanaugh, Jeffery S ^b   Horswill, Alexander R ^b   Quave, Cassandra L ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEMOLYSIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TOXIN;

ALLELE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOTA; NECROSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUORUM SENSING; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85012215351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep42275     Document Type: Article

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