Preclinical studies of amixicile, a systemic therapeutic developed for treatment of Clostridium difficile infections that also shows efficacy against Helicobacter pylori.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on June 02, 2014

Authors

Paul S Hoffman1, Alexandra M Bruce2, Igor Olekhnovich3, Cirle A Warren3, Stacey L Burgess3, Raquel Hontecillas4, Monica Viladomiu4, Josep Bassaganya-Riera4, Richard L Guerrant3, Timothy L Macdonald2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA psh2n@virginia.edu.
2: Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
3: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
4: Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

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