An anti-mycobacterial conjugated oligoelectrolyte effective against Mycobacterium abscessus

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Zhang, Kaixi, Limwongyut, Jakkarin, Moreland, Alex S., Wei, Samuel Chan Jun, Jim, Tania Jia Min, Sun, Yan, Shin, Sung Jae, Kim, Su-Young, Jhun, Byung Woo, Pethe, Kevin, Bazan, Guillermo C.
• مؤلفون آخرون: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2024
• الموضوعات: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Mycobacterium abscessus; Conjugated oligoelectrolyte
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174790; https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi7558

Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria have increased more than 50% in the past two decades and more than doubled in the elderly population. Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab), one of the most prevalent of these rapidly growing species, is intrinsically resistant to numerous antibiotics. Curren...