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Monash researchers outsmart superbug – Australian Hospital + Healthcare Bulletin
Researchers have discovered how to revert antibiotic resistance in one of the most dangerous superbugs: Acinetobacter baumannii — responsible for up to 20% of infections…
A team of Monash researchers has discovered how to revert antibiotic resistance in one of the most dangerous superbugs: Acinetobacter baumannii responsible for up to 20% of infections in intensive care units.
Published in Nature Microbiology, the research paper describes the use of bacteriophages also known as phages to kill A. baumannii, pinpointing how the superbug becomes resistant to attack from phages, and in doing so, loses its resistance to antibiotics.
Phages are viruses, but they cannot…
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