VRE bacteria on a petri dish and Rifaximin antibiotics (IMAGE)

University of Melbourne

VRE bacteria on a petri dish and Rifaximin antibiotics

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The dark side of antibiotics; A key drug used to treat liver failure unexpectedly causes cross-resistance to the critical antibiotic daptomycin.

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Dr Adrianna Turner

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