Recent Studies Indicating What Drugs

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Identification of novel activity against Borrelia burgdorferi persisters using an FDA approved drug library.

Feng J, Wang T, Shi W, Zhang S, Sullivan D, Auwaerter PG, Zhang Y.

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2014 Jul;3(7):e49. doi: 10.1038/emi.2014.53.

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