| Literature DB >> 20974862 |
Joanne L Fothergill1, Eilidh Mowat, Martin J Walshaw, Martin J Ledson, Chloe E James, Craig Winstanley.
Abstract
Phage production in response to antibiotics varied among four isolates of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis (CF) epidemic strain. Whereas ciprofloxacin induced higher levels of phage production, other CF-relevant antibiotics led to reduced production. We detected free phages directly in CF patient sputum samples by both plaque (40% positive) and PCR (76% positive) assays. Our observations suggest that the choice of antibiotics could influence the number of free phages within the CF lung environment.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20974862 PMCID: PMC3019632 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01257-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191