EDITORIAL
Cefiderocol (1) is a cephalosporin with an unusual mechanism of transport for reaching the periplasmic space of Gram-negative bacteria. It is a siderophore, an iron transport molecule, which crosses the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria using the bacterial iron transport system. Read the comic strip to find out more.
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REFERENCE
- 1.Choi JJ, McCarthy MW. 2018. Cefiderocol: a novel siderophore cephalosporin. Expert Opin Invest Drugs 27:193–197. doi: 10.1080/13543784.2018.1426745. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]