Activity and interactions of liposomal antibiotics in presence of polyanions and sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis.

BACKGROUND:To compare the effectiveness of liposomal tobramycin or polymyxin B against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) sputum and its inhibition by common polyanionic components such as DNA, F-actin, lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and lipoteichoic acid (LTA). METHODOLOGY:Liposomal for...

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Main Authors: Misagh Alipour, Zacharias E Suntres, Majed Halwani, Ali O Azghani, Abdelwahab Omri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2685033?pdf=render