Bacteria Adapted to the Lungs Easier to Kill With Antibiotics in CF — Study

Bacteria Adapted to the Lungs Easier to Kill With Antibiotics in CF — Study

Bacteria Adapted to the Lungs Easier to Kill With Antibiotics, Study Finds

JULY 12, 2018

BY JOSE MARQUES LOPES, PHD

 

IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS, NEWS.

The adaptation of bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients may make them more susceptible to antibiotics and easier to kill, according to new research. The study with that finding, “Evolutionary trade-offs associated with loss of PmrB function in host-adapted Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” was published in the journal Nature Communications. Antibiotic resistance […] The post Bacteria Adapted to the Lungs Easier to Kill With Antibiotics, Study Finds appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today.

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