Protective effects of the combination of α-helical antimicrobial peptides and rifampicin in three rat models of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Author(s) -
Oscar Cirioni,
Carmela Silvestri,
Roberto Ghiselli,
Fiorenza Orlando,
Alessandra Riva,
Federico Mocchegiani,
Leonardo Chiodi,
Sefora Castelletti,
Eleonora Gabrielli,
Vittorio Saba,
Giorgio Scalise,
Andrea Giacometti
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn393
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , rifampicin , microbiology and biotechnology , magainin , in vivo , antimicrobial , in vitro , antibiotics , chemistry , biology , antimicrobial peptides , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics
An experimental study has been performed to compare the in vitro activity and the in vivo efficacy of magainin II and cecropin A with or without rifampicin against control and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.
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