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Researchers at IBEC, IRB Barcelona and the UB identify the key to the success of some of the most virulent bacteria

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 30.06.2009

Researchers at IBEC, IRB Barcelona and the UB identify the key to the success of some of the most virulent bacteria

The increase in the number of infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria is a growing public health concern, above all in hospital settings, where infections of this kind may have serious consequences. Researchers at the "Institut de Bioingenieria de Catalunya" (IBEC), the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have discovered the strategy adopted by enterobacteria to facilitate the incorporation and regulation of genes that confer resistance and virulence. Published recently in PLoS Genetics, the study opens up the way to the development of new drugs that will allow treatment of the infections caused by multi-resistant variants of pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella and Shigella.

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