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...

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Main Authors: Albertus Viljoen, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Oluseye K. Onajole, Jozef Stec, Alan P. Kozikowski, Laurent Kremer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00388/full