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SUBMITTER: Liebens V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5571286 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20170824 9
Antibiotics typically fail to completely eradicate a bacterial population, leaving a small fraction of transiently antibiotic-tolerant persister cells intact. Persisters are therefore seen to be a major cause of treatment failure and greatly contribute to the recalcitrant nature of chronic infections. The current study focused on <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, a Gram-negative pathogen belonging to the notorious ESKAPE group of pathogens (<i>Enterococcus faecium</i>, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, ...[more]