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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue -, Pages 44-50Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2020.02.003
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- National Institutes of Health [R01GM116547, R56HL142857]
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [WHITEL19P0, WHITEL16G0, IBBERS16F0]
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Chronic infections place a significant burden on healthcare systems, requiring over $25 billion in treatment annually in the United States alone [1,2]. Notably, the majority of chronic infections, which include cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic wounds, otitis media, periodontitis, urinary tract infections, and osteomyelitis, are considered polymicrobial and are often recalcitrant to antibiotic treatment [1-9]. Although we know that diverse communities of microbes comprise these infections, how microbes interact and the impacts of these interactions on human disease are less understood. Here, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of how bacteria communicate in chronic infection, with a focus on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and we highlight outstanding questions and controversies in the field.
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