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Antibacterial Therapy with Sterically Stabilized Liposome Formulations

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Long Circulating Liposomes: Old Drugs, New Therapeutics

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In the last few years a major breakthrough with respect to liposomal delivery of antibiotics has occurred in the development of liposome formulations with long circulation half-lives.1–4

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Bakker-Woudenberg, I.A.J.M., Storm, G., Woodle, M.C. (1998). Antibacterial Therapy with Sterically Stabilized Liposome Formulations. In: Woodle, M.C., Storm, G. (eds) Long Circulating Liposomes: Old Drugs, New Therapeutics. Biotechnology Intelligence Unit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22115-0_12

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