Cecum lymph node dendritic cells harbor slow-growing bacteria phenotypically tolerant to antibiotic treatment.

In vivo, antibiotics are often much less efficient than ex vivo and relapses can occur. The reasons for poor in vivo activity are still not completely understood. We have studied the fluoroquinolone antibiotic ciprofloxacin in an animal model for complicated Salmonellosis. High-dose ciprofloxacin tr...

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Main Authors: Patrick Kaiser, Roland R Regoes, Tamas Dolowschiak, Sandra Y Wotzka, Jette Lengefeld, Emma Slack, Andrew J Grant, Martin Ackermann, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928039?pdf=render