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Critical role of a ferritin-like protein in the control of Listeria monocytogenes cell envelope structure and stability under β-lactam pressure.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Krawczyk-Balska Agata, Lipiak Magdalena
Abstract excerpt
The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is susceptible to the β-lactam antibiotics penicillin G and ampicillin, and these are the drugs of choice for the treatment of listerial infections. However, these antibiotics exert only a bacteriostatic effect on this bacterium and consequently, L. monocytogenes is regarded as β-lactam tolerant. It is widely accepted that the phenomenon of bacterial tolerance to...
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