高溶性聚烯的抗微生物和抗菌膜活性对抗耐美西林的金黄色葡萄球菌

Danillo Sales Rosa1, Samily Aquino de Sá Oliveira1, Renata de Faria Silva Souza1

  • 1Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco 56300-000, Brazil.

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概括

高溶性聚烯醇 (Hs-PPy) 显示出对抗美西林耐药黄金葡萄球菌 (MRSA) 的抗微生物和抗菌膜活性. Hs-PPy与西林协同作用,并抑制MRSA生物膜的形成,提供潜在的治疗应用.

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