Zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter lung infection, mouse study shows

Zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter lung infection, mouse study shows

Dietary zinc deficiency promotes lung infection by Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria—a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study published Nov. 15 in the journal Nature Microbiology.

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