Anti-psychotic drugs block meningococcal virulence
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0467-9
Abstract: A class of drugs approved to treat schizophrenia can cause rapid loss of the pilus, an essential virulence factor necessary for the disease-causing properties in the strict human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. read more here.
Keywords: virulence; psychotic drugs; meningococcal virulence; drugs block ... See more keywords