Auranofin exerts antibacterial activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a female mouse model of genital tract infection

Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been classified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an urgent threat due to the rapid development of antibiotic resistance to currently available antibiotics. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find new antibiotics to treat gonococcal infections. In...

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Main Authors: Ahmed E. M. Elhassanny, Nader S. Abutaleb, Mohamed N. Seleem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9022871/?tool=EBI