Beneficial and harmful interactions of antibiotics with microbial pathogens and the host innate immune system

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1694-1710

  Anderson, Ronald ^a   Tintinger, Gregory ^a   Cockeran, Riana ^a   Potjo, Moliehi ^a   Feldman, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Fluoroquinolones; Imidazole anti mycotics; Macrolides; Mucociliary escalator; Pattern recognition receptors; Pro inflammatory; Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; POSACONAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PROTECTION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TARGETING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77954900192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph3051694     Document Type: Review

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