Shooting yourself in the foot: How immune cells induce antibiotic tolerance in microbial pathogens.
Antibiotic treatment failure of infection is common and frequently occurs in the absence of genetically encoded antibiotic resistance mechanisms. In such scenarios, the ability of bacteria to enter a phenotypic state that renders them tolerant to the killing activity of multiple antibiotic classes i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009660 |