Beneficial and Harmful Interactions of Antibiotics with Microbial Pathogens and the Host Innate Immune System
In general antibiotics interact cooperatively with host defences, weakening and decreasing the virulence of microbial pathogens, thereby increasing vulnerability to phagocytosis and eradication by the intrinsic antimicrobial systems of the host. Antibiotics, however, also interact with host defences...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Pharmaceuticals |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/3/5/1694/ |