Lung-directed delivery of a ligand-mediated chimeric lysin has an enhanced ability to eradicate pulmonary and intracellular Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract Background Bacteriophage lysins have high antimicrobial activities with many advantages as alternatives to antibiotics, however, lysins generally do not exhibit intracellular bactericidal capabilities due to a lack of cell-penetrating properties and/or reduced activity under the intracellul...

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Main Authors: Xiaoxu Zhang, Dongyan Xiong, Xiaohong Li, Heng Xue, Min Chen, Junping Yu, Hongping Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-03978-6
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