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SUBMITTER: Lindman M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658768 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lindman Marissa M Dick Thomas T
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20190725 8
The β-lactams imipenem and cefoxitin are used for the treatment of <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i> lung infections. Here, we show that these cell wall synthesis inhibitors trigger a lethal bacterial ATP burst by increasing oxidative phosphorylation. Cotreatment of <i>M. abscessus</i> with the antimycobacterial ATP synthase inhibitor bedaquiline suppresses this ATP burst and eliminates the bactericidal activity of β-lactams. Thus, the addition of bedaquiline to β-lactam-containing regimes may nega ...[more]