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The Antibiotic Development Pipeline for Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli: Current and Future Landscapes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

George H. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Talbot Advisors LLC, Wayne, Pennsylvania
*
PO Box 7440, St. Davids, PA 19087 ([email protected])

Abstract

Development of antibiotics to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli has lagged significantly behind development of antibiotics to treat infections with gram-positive pathogens. Although a few promising drugs have entered early clinical development, more must be done to preserve the utility of currently available antibiotics and to ensure a pipeline of efficacious, safe antibacterials.

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Supplement Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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