| Literature DB >> 24566189 |
Meritxell García-Quintanilla1, Marina R Pulido, Patricia Moreno-Martínez, Reyes Martín-Peña, Rafael López-Rojas, Jerónimo Pachón, Michael J McConnell.
Abstract
Acinetobacter baumannii can acquire resistance to the cationic peptide antibiotic colistin through complete loss of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) expression. The activities of the host cationic antimicrobials LL-37 and human lysozyme against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of A. baumannii that acquired colistin resistance through lipopolysaccharide loss were characterized. We demonstrate that LL-37 has activity against strains lacking lipopolysaccharide that is similar to that of their colistin-sensitive parent strains, whereas human lysozyme has increased activity against colistin-resistant strains lacking LPS.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24566189 PMCID: PMC3993257 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02642-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191