Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate
use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most
bacteria. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen commonly involved in
environmental-and difficult-to-treat hospital-acquired infections. This species is frequently
resistant to several antibiotics, being in the “critical” category of the WHO's priority pathogens
list for research and development of new antibiotics. In addition to a remarkable intrinsic …