Sharmada Swaminath

<i>De Novo</i> Emergence of Genetically Resistant Mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Persistence Phase Cells Formed against Antituberculosis Drugs <i>In Vitro</i>

Jees Sebastian, Sharmada Swaminath, Rashmi Ravindran Nair et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2016 · 114 citations · Full text

Tuberculosis Prevention, Bacteriology, Antibiotic Resistance +18

Mycobacterial Cultures Contain Cell Size and Density Specific Sub-populations of Cells with Significant Differential Susceptibility to Antibiotics, Oxidative and Nitrite Stress

Srinivasan Vijay, Rashmi Ravindran Nair, Deepti Sharan et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2017 · 38 citations · Full text

Mycobacterium smegmatis moxifloxacin persister cells produce high levels of hydroxyl radical, generating genetic resisters selectable not only with moxifloxacin, but also with ethambutol and isoniazid

Sharmada Swaminath, Avraneel Paul, Atul Pradhan et al. · Microbiology · 2019 · 22 citations

Heterogeneity of ROS levels in antibiotic-exposed mycobacterial subpopulations confers differential susceptibility

Rashmi Ravindran Nair, Deepti Sharan, Jees Sebastian et al. · Microbiology · 2019 · 18 citations

Bacteriology, Immunology, Antibiotic Resistance +16

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cells Surviving in the Continued Presence of Bactericidal Concentrations of Rifampicin in vitro Develop Negatively Charged Thickened Capsular Outer Layer That Restricts Permeability to the Antibiotic

Jees Sebastian, Rashmi Ravindran Nair, Sharmada Swaminath et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2020 · 16 citations · Full text