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Cecum lymph node dendritic cells harbor slow-growing bacteria phenotypically tolerant to antibiotic treatment.
PLoS biology - 1 Feb 2014
Kaiser Patrick, Regoes Roland R, Dolowschiak Tamas, Wotzka Sandra Y, Lengefeld Jette, Slack Emma, Grant Andrew J, Ackermann Martin, Hardt Wolf-Dietrich
Abstract excerpt
In vivo, antibiotics are often much less efficient than ex vivo and relapses can occur. The reasons for poor in vivo activity are still not completely understood. We have studied the fluoroquinolone antibiotic ciprofloxacin in an animal model for complicated Salmonellosis. High-dose ciprofloxacin treatment efficiently reduced pathogen loads in feces and most organs. However, the cecum draining lymph node (cLN),...
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