Inhalational Gentamicin Treatment Is Effective Against Pneumonic Plague in a Mouse Model

Inhalational Gentamicin Treatment Is Effective Against Pneumonic Plague in a Mouse Model

Pneumonic plague is an infectious disease characterized by rapid and fulminant development of acute pneumonia and septicemia that results in death within days of exposure. The causative agent of pneumonic plague, Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis), is a Tier-1 bio-threat agent. Parenteral antibiotic treatm...

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Main Authors: David Gur, Itai Glinert, Moshe Aftalion, Yaron Vagima, Yinon Levy, Shahar Rotem, Ayelet Zauberman, Avital Tidhar, Arnon Tal, Sharon Maoz, Raphael Ber, Avi Pass, Emanuelle Mamroud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Y. pestis
plague
infection
gentamicin
tobramycin
mouse model
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00741/full

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