Relationship Between the Quorum Network (Sensing/Quenching) and Clinical Features of Pneumonia and Bacteraemia Caused by A. baumannii

Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) is one of the most important pathogens associated with nosocomial infections, especially pneumonia. Interest in the Quorum network, i.e., Quorum Sensing (QS)/Quorum Quenching (QQ), in this pathogen has grown in recent years. The Quorum network plays an important role in...

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Main Authors: Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Antón Ambroa, Lucia Blasco, Ines Bleriot, Maria López, Rocio Alvarez-Marin, Felipe Fernández-Cuenca, Luis Martinez-Martinez, Jordi Vila, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Jose Garnacho-Montero, Jose Miguel Cisneros, Alvaro Pascual, Jeronimo Pachón, German Bou, Younes Smani, Maria Tomás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03105/full