Fig. 1.
Efficacy of treatment of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) murine skin lesions with auranofin 0.5%, 1% and 2%, linezolid and clindamycin (25 mg/kg), mupirocin (2%), fusidic acid (2%) and petroleum jelly (control). Statistical analysis was performed by the two-tailed Student's t-test. *,# P-values of ≤0.05 were considered significant; auranofin was compared both with controls (*) and with antibiotics (#).