使Acinetobacter baumannii

Fabiana Bisaro1, Clay D Jackson-Litteken1, Jenna C McGuffey1

  • 1Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.

PLoS pathogens
|November 21, 2024
PubMed
概括

迪克洛菲纳克是一种抗炎药物,可以使多药耐药 (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii对colistin重新敏感. 这种组合疗法通过减少细菌毒性因子,显示出治疗困难感染的前景.

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