Background Treatment of bacterial biofilms are difficult and in many cases, expensive.
Bacterial biofilms are naturally more resilient to antimicrobial agents than their free-living …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen that employs different
strategies (resistance and persistence) to counteract antibiotic treatments. This study aimed …

Antibiotic treatment kills a large portion of a population, while a small, tolerant subpopulation
survives. Tolerant bacteria disrupt antibiotic efficacy and increase the likelihood that a …

Biofilm formation and the appearance of persister cells with low metabolic rates are key
factors affecting conventional treatment failure and antibiotic resistance. Using impedance …

Background: Bacterial persistence to antibiotics relates to the phenotypic ability to survive
lethal concentrations of otherwise bactericidal antibiotics. The quantitative nature of the time …

Objectives Bacterial persisters are a subpopulation of multidrug-tolerant cells capable of
surviving and resuming activity after exposure to bactericidal antibiotic concentrations …

Infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are difficult to cure due to its high intrinsic and
acquired antibiotic resistance. Once colonized the human host, and thanks to antibiotic …

Bacterial persisters are a multidrug-tolerant subpopulation capable of surviving and
resuscitating after lethal antibiotic treatment, leading to relapsing infections and the …

Persister cells are dormant variants of regular cells that are multidrug tolerant and have
heterogeneous phenotypes; these cells are a potential threat to hosts because they can …

Bacterial persisters are slow-growing or dormant cells that are highly tolerant to bactericidal
antibiotics and contribute to recalcitrant and chronic infections. Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems …