Reposted by Megan Tu
Out now: Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens
by Eric Brown, Jon Stokes & co
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens - Nature Microbiology
Expression of VIM-2 leads to physiological trade-offs for bacterial pathogens that can be exploited to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria.