Third generation cephalosporin-induced L-form transition in Shigella sonnei reveals a virulence-survival trade-off underlying persistent infection
Sanjib Das, Arindam Mukherjee, Prolay Halder…·Hemanta Koley
This paper shows that Shigella sonnei can transition into L-forms in response to third-generation cephalosporins, gaining survival benefits but losing virulence, leading to persistent infections.