Klebsiella pneumoniae before and after treatment (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Klebsiella pneumoniae before and after treatment

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An antibiotic resistant bacterium (Klebsiella pneumoniae) is treated solely with the last-resort antibiotic imipenem (left); and with a combination of imipenem and a DsbA inhibitor, causing it to rupture and die (right).

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Nikol Kadeřábková

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