Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Therapeutic Potential for Bacterial Skin Infections and Wounds

Alarming data about increasing resistance to conventional antibiotics are reported, while at the same time the development of new antibiotics is stagnating. Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are mainly caused by the so called ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebs...

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Main Authors: Anja Pfalzgraff, Klaus Brandenburg, Günther Weindl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.00281/full