Cationic antimicrobial peptides in clinical development, with special focus on thanatin and heliomicin

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-888

  Andres E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEFENSIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HELIOMYCIN; HISTATIN; INDOLICIDIN; ISEGANAN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MBI 594AN; MYCOPREX; OFLOXACIN; OMIGANAN; OPEBACAN; PERIONDOTIX; PEXIGANAN; PLACEBO; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THANATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XMP 629; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ACNE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CROHN DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GINGIVITIS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG INFECTION; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEVERE CONGENITAL NEUTROPENIA; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; THRUSH; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863855517     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1430-8     Document Type: Review

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