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Atia-Tul- Wahab1, Faiza Nadeem1, Uzma Salar1

  • 1Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

PloS one
|September 19, 2024
PubMed
概括

新的库马林衍生物对黄金葡萄球菌生物膜表现出强烈的活性,这是难以治疗的感染的主要原因. 这些化合物提供了一种有希望的新策略,通过向生物膜形成来打击抗生素耐药性.

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