In vitro activity of amphibian peptides alone and in combination with antimicrobial agents against multidrug-resistant pathogens isolated from surgical wound infection

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2111-2116

  Giacometti, Andrea ^a   Cirioni, Oscar ^a   Kamysz, Wojciech ^b   Silvestri, Carmela ^a   Licci, Alberto ^a   Riva, Alessandro ^a   Łukasiak, Jerzy ^b   Scalise, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphibian peptides; Antibiotics; Resistance; Susceptibility; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITROPIN 1.1; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MAGAININ 2 AMIDE; PEPTIDE; TEMPORIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AMPHIBIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 27744558821     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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