Commentary: Tolerance and Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Antimicrobial Agents-How P. aeruginosa Can Escape Antibiotics

Anaïs Soares^{1

2}, François Caron^{1

3}, Manuel Etienne^{1

3}

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Anaïs Soares et al. Front Microbiol. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 18:10:2164.

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02164. eCollection 2019.

Anaïs Soares^{1

2}, François Caron^{1

3}, Manuel Etienne^{1

3}

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Keywords: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; antibiotic failure; biofilm; phenotypic diversity; resistance; small colony variants; tolerance.

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Tolerance and Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Antimicrobial Agents-How P. aeruginosa Can Escape Antibiotics.
Ciofu O, Tolker-Nielsen T. Ciofu O, et al. Front Microbiol. 2019 May 3;10:913. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00913. eCollection 2019. Front Microbiol. 2019. PMID: 31130925 Free PMC article. Review.

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