A new strategy to fight antimicrobial resistance: the revival of old antibiotics

The increasing prevalence of hospital- and community-acquired infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens is limiting the options for effective antibiotic therapy. Moreover, this alarming spread of antimicrobial resistance has not been paralleled by the development of novel antimicr...

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Main Authors: Nadim eCassir, Jean-Marc eRolain, Philippe eBrouqui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00551/full