<italic toggle="yes">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> Alters <italic toggle="yes">Staphylococcus aureus</italic> Sensitivity to Vancomycin in a Biofilm Model of Cystic Fibrosis Infection

ABSTRACT The airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have thick mucus, which fosters chronic, polymicrobial infections. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are two of the most prevalent respiratory pathogens in CF patients. In this study, we tested whether P. aeruginosa influences the...

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Main Authors: Giulia Orazi, George A. O’Toole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-09-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00873-17