High-level carbapenem tolerance requires antibiotic-induced outer membrane modifications.
A. N. Murtha, M. I. Kazi, R. D. Schargel, T. Cross, C. Fihn, E. E. Carlson, J. M. Boll, T. Dörr
This paper identifies PhoPQ-mediated LPS modifications as a mechanism for carbapenem tolerance in Enterobacterales, showing that antibiotic-induced outer membrane changes enhance survival.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2021Microbiology