The neutrally charged diarylurea compound PQ401 kills antibiotic-resistant and antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Kim, Wooseong, Zou, Guijin, Pan, Wen, Fricke, Nico, Faizi, Hammad A., Kim, Soo Min, Khader, Rajamohammed, Li, Silei, Lee, Kiho, Escorba, Iliana, Vlahovska, Petia M., Gao, Huajian, Ausubel, Frederick M., Mylonakis, Eleftherios
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2021
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Persisters; Antibiotic Tolerance
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146178
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

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