Gallium Maltolate Treatment Eradicates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Thermally Injured Mice
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Gallium maltolate treatment eradicates Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in thermally injured mice.
Gallium (Ga) is a semimetallic element that has demonstrated therapeutic and diagnostic-imaging potential in a number of disease settings, including cancer and infectious diseases. Gallium's biological actions stem from its ionic radius being almost the same as that of ferric iron (Fe(3+)), whereby it can replace iron (Fe) in Fe(3+)-dependent biological systems, such as bacterial and mammalian ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.01330-08