Halicin Is Effective Against Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms In Vitro

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BACKGROUND: Biofilms protect bacteria from the host immune system and many antibiotics, making the treatment of orthopaedic infections difficult. Halicin, a recently discovered antibiotic, has potent activity against nonorthopaedic infections in mice and the planktonic, free-living forms of many bacterial species, including Staphylococcus aureus , a common cause of orthopaedic infections. Importantly, halicin did...

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