Antibiotics and Carbohydrate-Containing Drugs Targeting Bacterial Cell Envelopes: An Overview

• Main Authors: Federico Riu (Author), Alessandro Ruda (Author), Roberta Ibba (Author), Simona Sestito (Author), Ilenia Lupinu (Author), Sandra Piras (Author), Göran Widmalm (Author), Antonio Carta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Certain bacteria constitute a threat to humans due to their ability to escape host defenses as they easily develop drug resistance. Bacteria are classified into gram-positive and gram-negative according to the composition of the cell membrane structure. Gram-negative bacteria have an additional oute...