Non-Monotonic Survival of Staphylococcus aureus with Respect to Ciprofloxacin Concentration Arises from Prophage-Dependent Killing of Persisters

• Asıl Yazarlar: Elizabeth L. Sandvik (Yazar), Christopher H. Fazen (Yazar), Theresa C. Henry (Yazar), Wendy W.K. Mok (Yazar), Mark P. Brynildsen (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: MDPI AG, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Staphylococcus aureus is a notorious pathogen with a propensity to cause chronic, non-healing wounds. Bacterial persisters have been implicated in the recalcitrance of S. aureus infections, and this motivated us to examine the persistence of S. aureus to ciprofloxacin, a quinolone antibiotic. Upon t...