Antibiotic Persistence as a Metabolic Adaptation: Stress, Metabolism, the Host, and New Directions

Antibiotic Persistence as a Metabolic Adaptation: Stress, Metabolism, the Host, and New Directions

Persistence is a phenomenon during which a small fraction of a total bacterial population survives treatment with high concentrations of antibiotics for an extended period of time. In conjunction with biofilms, antibiotic persisters represent a major cause of recalcitrant and recurring infections, r...

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Main Authors: Damien J. Cabral, Jenna I. Wurster, Peter Belenky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
Subjects:
persistence
tolerance
metabolism
biofilms
next-generation sequencing
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/11/1/14

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