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Commonly prescribed β-lactam antibiotics induce C. trachomatis persistence/stress in culture at physiologically relevant concentrations

Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease agent worldwide, enters a viable, non-dividing and non-infectious state (historically termed persistence and more recently referred to as the chlamydial stress response) when exposed to penicillin G in culture. Notably, pe...

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Autores principales: Kintner, Jennifer, Lajoie, Dawn, Hall, Jennifer, Whittimore, Judy, Schoborg, Robert V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24783061
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00044