Bacterial persister cells tackled

Julian G. Hurdle () and Aditi Deshpande ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 556, issue 7699, 40-41

Abstract: Chronic infections can be hard to treat because slow-growing bacteria known as persister cells are usually unharmed by antibiotics. The identification of molecules that target such cells might provide a solution.

Keywords: Antibiotics; Microbiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-03440-w

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