Using the Chinese herb Scutellaria barbata against extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections: in vitro and in vivo studies

• Main Authors: Chin-Chuan Tsai (Author), Chi-Shiuan Lin (Author), Chun-Ru Hsu (Author), Chiu-Ming Chang (Author), I-Wei Chang (Author), Li-Wei Lin (Author), Chih-Hsin Hung (Author), Jiun-Ling Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background No animal model studies have been conducted in which the efficacy of herbal compounds has been tested against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Very few antibiotics are available for the treatment of pulmonary infections caused by extensively drug-resistant...