Kristen A Muñoz1,2, Rebecca J Ulrich1,2, Archit K Vasan3,4,5

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.

Nature
|May 29, 2024
PubMed
まとめ

新しい抗生物質であるロラミシンは 選択的に グラム陰性病原体を攻撃し 腸内微生物を 救うことができます この発見は 耐性感染症と戦うための有望な戦略であり 二次的な合併症を予防するものです

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