Descubrimiento de la sal de amonio cuaternario dimetilo a base de harmane contra las infecciones por MRSA por

Yingyan Xiong1, Panpan Liu1, Hui Gao1

  • 1School of Life Science and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Shandong, China.

Resumen

Un nuevo compuesto, 5b, muestra una fuerte actividad contra las infecciones por Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a la meticilina (MRSA). Este nuevo fármaco potencial ofrece una rápida eliminación de bacterias, un desarrollo lento de la resistencia y un tratamiento eficaz en modelos animales.

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