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Inactivation of staphylococcal virulence factors using a light-activated antimicrobial agent

BACKGROUND: One of the limitations of antibiotic therapy is that even after successful killing of the infecting microorganism, virulence factors may still be present and cause significant damage to the host. Light-activated antimicrobials show potential for the treatment of topical infections; there...

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Autores principales: Tubby, Sarah, Wilson, Michael, Nair, Sean P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19804627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-211