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Anti-Biofilm and Immunomodulatory Activities of Peptides That Inhibit Biofilms Formed by Pathogens Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients often acquire chronic respiratory tract infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species. In the CF lung, these bacteria grow as multicellular aggregates termed biofilms. Biofilms demonstrate increased (adaptive) resistance to conv...

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Autores principales: de la Fuente-Núñez, César, Mansour, Sarah C., Wang, Zhejun, Jiang, Lucy, Breidenstein, Elena B.M., Elliott, Melissa, Reffuveille, Fany, Speert, David P., Reckseidler-Zenteno, Shauna L., Shen, Ya, Haapasalo, Markus, Hancock, Robert E.W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26221537
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics3040509