Lipopolysaccharide-deficient Acinetobacter baumannii shows altered signaling through host Toll-like receptors and increased susceptibility to the host antimicrobial peptide LL-37.
Moffatt JH, Harper M, Mansell A, Crane B, Fitzsimons TC, Nation RL, Li J, Adler B, Boyce JD.
Moffatt JH, et al.
Infect Immun. 2013 Mar;81(3):684-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01362-12. Epub 2012 Dec 17.
Infect Immun. 2013.
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We have shown previously that A. baumannii can become resistant to the last-line antibiotic colistin via the loss of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), including the lipid A anchor, from the outer membrane (J. H. Moffatt, M. Harper, P. Harrison, J. D. Hale, E. Vinogra …
We have shown previously that A. baumannii can become resistant to the last-line antibiotic colistin via the loss of lipopolysaccharide (LPS …