Establishment and validation of whole-cell based fluorescence assays to identify anti-mycobacterial compounds using the Acanthamoeba castellanii-Mycobacterium marinum host-pathogen system.

Tuberculosis is considered to be one of the world's deadliest disease with 2 million deaths each year. The need for new antitubercular drugs is further exacerbated by the emergence of drug-resistance strains. Despite multiple recent efforts, the majority of the hits discovered by traditional ta...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Kicka, Valentin Trofimov, Christopher Harrison, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, John McKinney, Leonardo Scapozza, Hubert Hilbi, Pierre Cosson, Thierry Soldati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3909256?pdf=render