Natural antibiotic`s multi-level attack strategy prevents resistance
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

The natural antibiotic lugdunin, discovered three years ago by Tübingen researchers, attacks pathogenic bacteria in several different ways simultaneously. It also interacts with the defense mechanisms of the human body, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications. The study is the work of a research team led by Professor Birgit Schittek from the Department of Dermatology at the Tübingen University Hospital and Professor Andreas Peschel from the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine at the University of Tübingen, and of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF). The researchers believe that lugdunin has remained effective over a long period of time because its manifold ability to attack stopped resistance to the antibiotic from developing.