Acronym
BurkAb2
Code
F2017/IOF-StarTT/208
Duration
01 January 2018 → 31 December 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Immunology
Keywords
novel antibiotics
Burkholderia
antimicrobial resistance
Gram-negative bacterial pathogens
Project description
Our ultimate goal is to discover at least one new antibiotic class and to draft at least one partnership agreement with a leading public-private partnership on antibiotic resistance. The new compound (s) is (are) preferably oriented towards the market of hospital infections and should (and), to have an immediate market value, preferably be used for the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia, urinary tract infections, postoperative wound infections and / or bloodstream infections.