Article
Nutrient availability as a mechanism for selection of antibiotic tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the CF airway.
PLoS pathogens - 8 Jan 2010
Hoffman Lucas R, Richardson Anthony R, Houston Laura S, Kulasekara Hemantha D, Martens-Habbena Willm, Klausen Mikkel, Burns Jane L, Stahl David A, Hassett Daniel J, Fang Ferric C, Miller Samuel I
Abstract excerpt
Microbes are subjected to selective pressures during chronic infections of host tissues. Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with inactivating mutations in the transcriptional regulator LasR are frequently selected within the airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), and infection with these isolates has been associated with poorer lung function outcomes. The mechanisms underlying selection for lasR mutation are...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
