Resurrection Of Antibiotics That MRSA Resists By Silver-Doped Bioactive Glass-Ceramic Particles

摘要

A method of treating a bacterial infection including bacteria that have become resistant to an antibiotic in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method includes administering to the subject a safe and therapeutically effective amount of the antibiotic and a reviving agent selected from the group consisting of glass-ceramic particles, silver ions, and combinations thereof. The reviving agent restores antibiotic activity to the antibiotic against the bacteria.