莱涅佐利德与万科米辛在实验室中的活性对抗抗甲素耐药的金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜

Perrynaz Ahmed Mahmood Al-Zehhawi1, Nihad Taha Mohammed Jaddoa1

  • 1Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

Microbial pathogenesis
|February 13, 2025
PubMed
概括

莱涅佐利德和万科米在治疗抗甲素黄金葡萄球菌 (MRSA) 生物膜方面表现出类似的有效性. 然而,伊拉克的一些MRSA菌株对两种抗生素都表现出耐药性,突出显示了抗菌素耐药性 (AMR) 的日益挑战.

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