Antibiotic resistance and persistence—Implications for human health and treatment perspectives

M Huemer, S Mairpady Shambat, SD Brugger… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and persistence are associated with an elevated risk of
treatment failure and relapsing infections. They are thus important drivers of increased …

In Vitro Studies of Persister Cells

N Kaldalu, V Hauryliuk, KJ Turnbull… - Microbiology and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many bacterial pathogens can permanently colonize their host and establish either chronic
or recurrent infections that the immune system and antimicrobial therapies fail to eradicate …

Mitochondria-derived vesicles deliver antimicrobial reactive oxygen species to control phagosome-localized Staphylococcus aureus

BH Abuaita, TL Schultz, MX O'Riordan - Cell host & microbe, 2018 - cell.com
Pathogenic bacteria taken up into the macrophage phagosome are the target of many anti-
microbial mechanisms. Although mitochondria-derived antimicrobial effectors like reactive …

Molecular reprogramming and phenotype switching in Staphylococcus aureus lead to high antibiotic persistence and affect therapy success

M Huemer, S Mairpady Shambat… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Staphylococcus aureus causes invasive infections and easily acquires antibiotic resistance.
Even antibiotic-susceptible S. aureus can survive antibiotic therapy and persist, requiring …

Prolonged bacterial lag time results in small colony variants that represent a sub-population of persisters

C Vulin, N Leimer, M Huemer, M Ackermann… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Persisters are a subpopulation of bacteria that are not killed by antibiotics even though they
lack genetic resistance. Here we provide evidence that persisters can manifest as small …

Biofilm and Small Colony Variants—An Update on Staphylococcus aureus Strategies toward Drug Resistance

H Guo, Y Tong, J Cheng, Z Abbas, Z Li, J Wang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, the drawbacks arising from the overuse of antibiotics have drawn growing public
attention. Among them, drug-resistance (DR) and even multidrug-resistance (MDR) pose …

Advanced engineering of third-generation lysins and formulation strategies for clinical applications

V De Maesschalck, D Gutiérrez… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
One of the possible solutions for the current antibiotic resistance crisis may be found in
(often bacteriophage-derived) peptidoglycan hydrolases. The first clinical trials of these …

Persisters—as elusive as ever

N Kaldalu, V Hauryliuk, T Tenson - Applied microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Persisters—a drug-tolerant sub-population in an isogenic bacterial culture—have been
featured throughout the last decade due to their important role in recurrent bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants: Formation, infection, and treatment

S Zhou, Y Rao, J Li, Q Huang, X Rao - Microbiological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus (Sau) plays an important role in human infections occurring in both
the community and hospital settings. Sau-related chronic and relapsing infections are mainly …

Linker-Improved Chimeric Endolysin Selectively Kills Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro, on Reconstituted Human Epidermis, and in a Murine Model of Skin Infection

F Eichenseher, BL Herpers, P Badoux… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus causes a broad spectrum of diseases in humans and animals. It is
frequently associated with inflammatory skin disorders such as atopic dermatitis, where it …