NOVEL METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING ANTI-PERSISTER ACTIVITY AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR BORRELIA BURGDORFERI AND OTHER BACTERIA
申请人:ZHANG YING
公开号:US20170058314A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-02
The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods, compositions, and kits for assessing the viability of bacteria from a selected genus, assessing the antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria from the selected genus, and identifying compounds with anti-persister activity for bacteria from the selected genus. The bacteria include, but are not limited to,
Borrelia burgdorferi, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii
, and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
. Compositions include compounds with high activity against
Borrelia
persisters and their combinations with current Lyme antibiotics for more effect treatment of Lyme disease. Methods for inhibiting the growth and/or survival of bacteria from the
Borrelia
genus and for treating Lyme disease using appropriate drug combinations in a subject are also provided.