2-aminoimidazoles potentiate ß-lactam antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by reducing ß-lactamase secretion and increasing cell envelope permeability.

2-aminoimidazoles potentiate ß-lactam antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by reducing ß-lactamase secretion and increasing cell envelope permeability.

There is an urgent need to develop new drug treatment strategies to control the global spread of drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). The ß-lactam class of antibiotics is among the safest and most widely prescribed antibiotics, but they are not effecti...

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Main Authors: Albert B Jeon, Andrés Obregón-Henao, David F Ackart, Brendan K Podell, Juan M Belardinelli, Mary Jackson, Tuan V Nguyen, Meghan S Blackledge, Roberta J Melander, Christian Melander, Benjamin K Johnson, Robert B Abramovitch, Randall J Basaraba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5547695?pdf=render

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