Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Pathogen-targeting glycovesicles as a therapy for salmonellosis

  • Haibo Mu,
  • Hu Bai,
  • Feifei Sun,
  • Yinyin Liu,
  • Chunbo Lu,
  • Yuanhao Qiu,
  • Peng Chen,
  • Yu Yang,
  • Lili Kong,
  • Jinyou Duan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12066-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Antibiotic therapy is usually not effective for salmonellosis. Here, the authors present an approach that may be useful for the treatment of salmonellosis, consisting of hydrogen sulfide (H2S)-responsive glycovesicles that release antibiotics in the presence of Salmonella in the gut.