Navita Shivsawak

Research/Areas of Interest

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram negative, encapsulated pathogen that is known to infect a wide variety of tissue environments, including the lungs, blood, bladder, and eyes, causing diseases. Due to the emergence of multiple drug resistant (MDR) strains, K. pneumoniae has been recognized as an urgent threat to public health. This has led to the exploration of methods to combat this pathogen, such as the use of multiple antibiotics, phages, and the triggering of the immune response. My research focuses on examining antibiotic combination therapy in different media conditions that model tissue environments and the rates of persister cell formation under the same conditions.