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M Zegre1, J Barros2, A B David3

  • 1Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal; H&TRC - Centro de Investigação em Saúde e Tecnologia, ESTeSL - Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, IPL - Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Av. D. João II, Lote 4.69.01, 1990-096 Lisboa, Portugal.

概括

这项研究开发了用于骨髓炎治疗的双重载荷奇托桑纳米粒子. 这些纳米颗粒有效地减少了多微生物生物膜,显示出治疗复杂骨感染的前景.

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