Controlling Extra- and Intramacrophagic Mycobacterium abscessus by Targeting Mycolic Acid Transport
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) causing serious infections especially among cystic fibrosis patients. Extremely limited therapeutic options against M. abscessus and a rise in infections with this mycobacterium require novel chemotherapies and a better understanding o...
Main Authors: | Albertus Viljoen, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Oluseye K. Onajole, Jozef Stec, Alan P. Kozikowski, Laurent Kremer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00388/full |
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