Kim Lewis

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1 Specialized persister cells and the mechanism of multidrug tolerance in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2004 5.82
2 Persister cells and tolerance to antimicrobials. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004 5.23
3 Persisters: a distinct physiological state of E. coli. BMC Microbiol 2006 4.03
4 Tackling antibiotic resistance. Nat Rev Microbiol 2011 3.95
5 Ciprofloxacin causes persister formation by inducing the TisB toxin in Escherichia coli. PLoS Biol 2010 3.12
6 Killing by bactericidal antibiotics does not depend on reactive oxygen species. Science 2013 2.97
7 Molecular mechanisms of HipA-mediated multidrug tolerance and its neutralization by HipB. Science 2009 2.74
8 Role of global regulators and nucleotide metabolism in antibiotic tolerance in Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008 2.40
9 Explosive spread and high prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Togliatti City, Russia. AIDS 2002 2.40
10 SOS response induces persistence to fluoroquinolones in Escherichia coli. PLoS Genet 2009 2.28
11 Candida albicans biofilms produce antifungal-tolerant persister cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 2.18
12 Emergence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains producing high levels of persister cells in patients with cystic fibrosis. J Bacteriol 2010 2.11
13 Siderophores from neighboring organisms promote the growth of uncultured bacteria. Chem Biol 2010 2.04
14 Kinase activity of overexpressed HipA is required for growth arrest and multidrug tolerance in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2006 2.04
15 Incubation of environmental samples in a diffusion chamber increases the diversity of recovered isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007 2.03
16 High-throughput screen for novel antimicrobials using a whole animal infection model. ACS Chem Biol 2009 1.99
17 Identification of novel antimicrobials using a live-animal infection model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.98
18 Multidrug pump inhibitors uncover remarkable activity of plant antimicrobials. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002 1.96
19 Evaluation of a modified commercial assay in detecting antibody to hepatitis C virus in oral fluids and dried blood spots. J Med Virol 2003 1.84
20 A problem of persistence: still more questions than answers? Nat Rev Microbiol 2013 1.68
21 GlpD and PlsB participate in persister cell formation in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2006 1.66
22 Characterization and transcriptome analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis persisters. MBio 2011 1.64
23 Killing by ampicillin and ofloxacin induces overlapping changes in Escherichia coli transcription profile. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004 1.55
24 Patients with long-term oral carriage harbor high-persister mutants of Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 1.46
25 Role of oxidative stress in persister tolerance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012 1.40
26 Staphylococcus aureus persisters tolerant to bactericidal antibiotics. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2012 1.25
27 Conjugating berberine to a multidrug efflux pump inhibitor creates an effective antimicrobial. ACS Chem Biol 2006 1.24
28 Antimicrobial and efflux pump inhibitory activity of caffeoylquinic acids from Artemisia absinthium against gram-positive pathogenic bacteria. PLoS One 2011 1.21
29 Evaluation of an ultrasensitive p24 antigen assay as a potential alternative to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA viral load assay in resource-limited settings. J Clin Microbiol 2005 1.21
30 Immobilized N-alkylated polyethylenimine avidly kills bacteria by rupturing cell membranes with no resistance developed. Biotechnol Bioeng 2005 1.19
31 Polymer surfaces derivatized with poly(vinyl-N-hexylpyridinium) kill airborne and waterborne bacteria. Biotechnol Bioeng 2002 1.14
32 Bactericidal properties of flat surfaces and nanoparticles derivatized with alkylated polyethylenimines. Biotechnol Prog 2002 1.12
33 Isolation and physiology of bacteria from contaminated subsurface sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010 1.12
34 Mechanism of bactericidal and fungicidal activities of textiles covalently modified with alkylated polyethylenimine. Biotechnol Bioeng 2003 1.09
35 A trap for in situ cultivation of filamentous actinobacteria. J Microbiol Methods 2008 1.05
36 Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in disease. Microb Ecol 2013 1.02
37 Phenolic metabolites of Dalea versicolor that enhance antibiotic activity against model pathogenic bacteria. J Nat Prod 2004 1.01
38 Synthesis of functionalized 2-aryl-5-nitro-1H-indoles and their activity as bacterial NorA efflux pump inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2005 1.00
39 Regulation of the Escherichia coli HipBA toxin-antitoxin system by proteolysis. PLoS One 2012 0.96
40 Two flavonols from Artemisa annua which potentiate the activity of berberine and norfloxacin against a resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus. Planta Med 2002 0.96
41 Tolerance of Escherichia coli to fluoroquinolone antibiotics depends on specific components of the SOS response pathway. Genetics 2013 0.95
42 Novel high-throughput screen against Candida albicans identifies antifungal potentiators and agents effective against biofilms. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011 0.95
43 Metabolites of the "smoke tree", Dalea spinosa, potentiate antibiotic activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Nat Prod 2006 0.95
44 Antibacterial activity of berberine-NorA pump inhibitor hybrids with a methylene ether linking group. Bioorg Med Chem 2009 0.94
45 Structure-activity relationships of 2-aryl-1H-indole inhibitors of the NorA efflux pump in Staphylococcus aureus. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008 0.91
46 Changes in HIV prevalence and risk among new injecting drug users in a Russian city of high HIV prevalence. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2008 0.88
47 Berberine-INF55 (5-nitro-2-phenylindole) hybrid antimicrobials: effects of varying the relative orientation of the berberine and INF55 components. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010 0.88
48 Role of unusual P loop ejection and autophosphorylation in HipA-mediated persistence and multidrug tolerance. Cell Rep 2012 0.87
49 Persister-promoting bacterial toxin TisB produces anion-selective pores in planar lipid bilayers. FEBS Lett 2012 0.87
50 Isoflavones as potentiators of antibacterial activity. J Agric Food Chem 2003 0.86
51 Potentiation of azole antifungals by 2-adamantanamine. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013 0.84
52 Erratum: A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance. Nature 2015 0.83
53 A screen for and validation of prodrug antimicrobials. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013 0.83
54 Persister cells in biofilm associated infections. Adv Exp Med Biol 2015 0.83
55 Polyacylated neohesperidosides from Geranium caespitosum: bacterial multidrug resistance pump inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003 0.82
56 Persister eradication: lessons from the world of natural products. Methods Enzymol 2012 0.81
57 Prokaryotic real-time gene expression profiling for toxicity assessment. Environ Sci Technol 2009 0.78
58 Drastically lowering the titer of waterborne bacteriophage PRD1 by exposure to immobilized hydrophobic polycations. Biotechnol Lett 2004 0.75