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The availability of antibiotics and treatment protocols to control these microbes are becoming increasingly more limited as antibiotic resistance becomes more prevalent. In this article, a new family of small molecules referred to as N-organothio \u03b2-lactams is presented that have unique features and a mode of action against these pathogenic microbes, including multi-drug resistant strains, that may offer new options to address these concerns. 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