Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei -- the cause of melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious disease -- develops resistance to ceftazidime, the standard antibiotic treatment. The change also makes the drug-resistant bacterium difficult to detect.