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Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa protects itself, and its neighbours, from the cephalosporin cefiderocol through production of the siderophore pyoverdine.

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Fig. 1: Emergence of cross-protection by MDR P. aeruginosa through pyoverdine production.

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Khan, F.Z., Palmer, K. & Dillon, N. Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance. Nat Microbiol 9, 587–588 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01624-x

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