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SUBMITTER: Carro L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6963470 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20191111 4
Antibiotics are potent pharmacological weapons against bacterial pathogens, nevertheless their efficacy is becoming compromised due to the worldwide emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria or "superbugs". Antibiotic resistance is rising to such dangerous levels that the treatment of bacterial infections is becoming a clinical challenge. Therefore, urgent action is needed to develop new generations of antibiotics that will help tackle this increasing and serious public health problem ...[more]