Azithromycin possesses biofilm–inhibitory activity and potentiates non-bactericidal colistin methanesulfonate (CMS) and polymyxin B against Klebsiella pneumonia

• Olena V. Moshynets ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: moshynets@gmail.com (OVM); a.spiers@abertay.ac.uk (AJS)

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-8681

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• Taras P. Baranovskyi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9248-4097

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• Scott Cameron,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Olga S. Iungin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8876-6075

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• Ianina Pokholenko,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

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• Robyn Jerdan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Aleksandr Kamyshnyi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

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• Alexey A. Krikunov,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyiv, Ukraine

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• Viktoria V. Potochilova,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-7946

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• Kateryna L. Rudnieva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7834-233X

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• Andrew J. Spiers

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: moshynets@gmail.com (OVM); a.spiers@abertay.ac.uk (AJS)

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0463-8629

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