| Literature DB >> 16436752 |
Giuseppantonio Maisetta1, Giovanna Batoni, Semih Esin, Walter Florio, Daria Bottai, Flavia Favilli, Mario Campa.
Abstract
The antimicrobial activity of human beta-defensin 3 (hBD-3) against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Acinetobacter baumannii was evaluated. A fast bactericidal effect (within 20 min) against all bacterial strains tested was observed. The presence of 20% human serum abolished the bactericidal activity of hBD-3 against gram-negative strains and reduced the activity of the peptide against gram-positive strains.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16436752 PMCID: PMC1366902 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.2.806-809.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191