New Antibiotic Offers ‘Definite Hope’ Against Deadly Superbug
A new antibiotic compound known as zosurabalpin shows great promise in early studies against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), a dangerous superbug that causes severe infections and is resistant to many known antibiotics. Zosurabalpin worked “extremely well” against CRAB in lab tests and mice models, effectively treating highly-resistant contemporary isolates. It represents the first new antibiotic … Read more