Photodynamic action weakens resistance to antibiotics in bacteria that attack airways (IMAGE)

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Photodynamic action weakens resistance to antibiotics in bacteria that attack airways

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The research group analyzed patient samples containing Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes a range of diseases from skin infections to pneumonia 

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Janice Haney Carr/CDC PHIL

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