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Sara Batista1,2, Mariana Fernández-Pittol1,3,4, Lorena San Nicolás3

  • 1Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Fonaments Clínics, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Casanova 143, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.

概括

这项研究验证了一种新的再化方法,用于确定抗生素对非结核菌根 (NTM) 的最小杀菌度 (MBC). 该方法有助于选择有效的抗生素组合用于NTM感染,通过区分细菌杀菌和细菌静止活性.

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