Photodynamic action weakens resistance to antibiotics in bacteria that attack airways
The research group analyzed patient samples containing Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes a range of diseases from skin infections to pneumonia. Credit: Janice Haney Carr/CDC PHIL The development of antibiotics to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria, especially those that infect the airways, has been increasingly tricky, and some scientists have opted to try to weaken the