Drug screening to identify compounds to act as co-therapies for the treatment of Burkholderia species.

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a soil-dwelling organism present throughout the tropics. It is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease that is believed to kill 89,000 people per year. It is naturally resistant to many antibiotics, requiring at least two weeks of intravenous treatment with ceftazi...

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Main Authors: Sam Barker, Sarah V Harding, David Gray, Mark I Richards, Helen S Atkins, Nicholas J Harmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248119