Preventing the spread of infectious diseases: antivirulents versus antibiotics

Future Microbiol. 2017 Apr:12:365-368. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0011. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

Authors

Menachem Shoham¹, Michael Greenberg¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

PMID: 28339290
DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0011

No abstract available

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; antivirulence agents; bacterial toxins; virulence.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacterial Toxins / pharmacology
Biofilms / drug effects
Communicable Diseases / drug therapy*
Communicable Diseases / transmission*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects
Humans
Virulence / drug effects
Virulence Factors

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Toxins
Virulence Factors