Disruption of nontuberculous mycobacteria biofilms induces a highly vulnerable to antibiotic killing phenotype

Disruption of nontuberculous mycobacteria biofilms induces a highly vulnerable to antibiotic killing phenotype

Objectives: Structural or mucus hypersecretory pulmonary diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF), wherein viscous mucus accumulates and clearance functions are impaired, predispose people to lung infection by inhaled bacteria that form biofilm aggregates. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), primarily M...

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Main Authors: Nikola Kurbatfinski, Preston J. Hill, Noah Tobin, Cameron N. Kramer, Joseph Wickham, Steven D. Goodman, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, Lauren O. Bakaletz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Biofilm
Subjects:
Humanized monoclonal antibody
M. abscessus
M. avium
DNABII proteins
HupB
Tip-chimer peptide
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207523000631

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