PLOS IMAGE: FOR ANAEROBIC BACTERIA, FERMENTATION PATHWAYS ARE VITAL TO MAINTAIN ENERGY PRODUCTION. THEIR BLOCKING, SUCH AS WITH FOMEPIZOLE, DISRUPTS ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THIS ENHANCES THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF BACTERIA TO ANTIMICROBIALS. CREDIT: CARLOS J. ORIHUELA (CC-BY 4.0, HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/) Pneumococcal disease leads to over three million hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. A study publishing...
