Fungicidal activity of the human peptide hepcidin 20 alone or in combination with other antifungals against Candida glabrata isolates

Peptides

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2484-2487

  Tavanti, Arianna ^a   Maisetta, Giuseppantonio ^a   Del Gaudio, Gaetano ^a   Petruzzelli, Raffaele ^b   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^c   Batoni, Giovanna ^a   Senesi, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antimicrobial peptides; Candida glabrata; Human hepcidin 20; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEP 20; HEPCIDIN; HEPCIDIN 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CANDIDA GLABRATA; DRUG SYNERGISM; ECHINOCANDINS; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 82655184194     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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