Israeli researchers develop substance that attacks antibiotic-resistant germs

05.12.2011                      09.Kislev. 5772

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Israeli researchers develop substance that attacks antibiotic-resistant germs

If used on a large scale, their method could change the nature of hospital-acquired infections 'toward being more susceptible to antibiotics rather than more resistant,' say researchers.

Israeli researchers are laying the groundwork for a spray which they say will make it easier to get rid of the antibiotic-resistant germs that plague hospitals, here and around the world.
If used on a large scale, their method could change the nature of hospital-acquired infections "toward being more susceptible to antibiotics rather than more resistant," the researchers say in an article in this month's issue of Applied and Environment Microbiology, a journal published by the American Society for Microbiology….