Combination Strategies to Enhance the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptides against Bacterial Biofilms

The Semi-Synthetic Peptide Lin-SB056-1 in Combination with EDTA Exerts Strong Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Conditions Mimicking Cystic Fibrosis Sputum

(2017) Giuseppantonio Maisetta et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Generation of Persister Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by Chemical Treatment and Evaluation of Their Susceptibility to Membrane-Targeting Agents

(2017) Lucia Grassi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Analogs of the Frog-skin Antimicrobial Peptide Temporin 1Tb Exhibit a Wider Spectrum of Activity and a Stronger Antibiofilm Potential as Compared to the Parental Peptide

(2017) Lucia Grassi et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Natural antimicrobial peptide complexes in the fighting of antibiotic resistant biofilms: Calliphora vicina medicinal maggots

(2017) Natalia Gordya et al.   PLoS One

Searching for new strategies against biofilm infections: Colistin-AMP combinations against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus single- and double-species biofilms

(2017) Paula Jorge et al.   PLoS One

Using adjuvants and environmental factors to modulate the activity of antimicrobial peptides

(2016) William F. Walkenhorst   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Antimicrobial peptides and their interaction with biofilms of medically relevant bacteria

(2016) Giovanna Batoni et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Anti-biofilm properties of the antimicrobial peptide temporin 1Tb and its ability, in combination with EDTA, to eradicateStaphylococcus epidermidisbiofilms on silicone catheters

(2016) Giuseppantonio Maisetta et al.   BIOFOULING

Anti-biofilm peptides as a new weapon in antimicrobial warfare

(2016) Daniel Pletzer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Synergistic Antipseudomonal Effects of Synthetic Peptide AMP38 and Carbapenems

(2016) Héctor Rudilla et al.   MOLECULES

Synergistic Nisin-Polymyxin Combinations for the Control of Pseudomonas Biofilm Formation

(2016) Des Field et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Efficient Eradication of Mature Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm via Controlled Delivery of Nitric Oxide Combined with Antimicrobial Peptide and Antibiotics

(2016) Hang Ren et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Evaluation of short synthetic antimicrobial peptides for treatment of drug-resistant and intracellular Staphylococcus aureus

(2016) Mohamed F. Mohamed et al.   Scientific Reports

Synergistic Effect of Membrane-Active Peptides Polymyxin B and Gramicidin S on Multidrug-Resistant Strains and Biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2015) Marina Berditsch et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibiofilm Peptides Increase the Susceptibility of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates to β-Lactam Antibiotics

(2015) Suzana Meira Ribeiro et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Mechanisms of biofilm inhibition and degradation by antimicrobial peptides

(2015) L. Segev-Zarko et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

BaAMPs: the database of biofilm-active antimicrobial peptides

(2015) Mariagrazia Di Luca et al.   BIOFOULING

D-Enantiomeric Peptides that Eradicate Wild-Type and Multidrug-Resistant Biofilms and Protect against Lethal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

(2015) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

In vitro activity of gentamicin, vancomycin or amikacin combined with EDTA or L-arginine as lock therapy against a wide spectrum of biofilm-forming clinical strains isolated from catheter-related infections

(2015) D. Lebeaux et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Evaluation of the antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of novel CRAMP–vancomycin conjugates with diverse linkers

(2015) Nigam M. Mishra et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with the antimicrobial peptide temporin B exert a long-term antibacterial activity in vitro against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2015) Anna M. Piras et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ciprofloxacin-Eluting Nanofibers Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2015) Jayesh J. Ahire et al.   PLoS One

A Broad-Spectrum Antibiofilm Peptide Enhances Antibiotic Action against Bacterial Biofilms

(2014) Fany Reffuveille et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Art-175 Is a Highly Efficient Antibacterial against Multidrug-Resistant Strains and Persisters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2014) Yves Briers et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Efficacy of DispersinB®-KSL-W Peptide-Based Wound Gel Against Chronic Wound Infection Associated Bacteria

(2014) Purushottam V. Gawande et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Nitric Oxide: A Key Mediator of Biofilm Dispersal with Applications in Infectious Diseases

(2014) Nicolas Barraud et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Biofilm-Related Infections: Bridging the Gap between Clinical Management and Fundamental Aspects of Recalcitrance toward Antibiotics

(2014) D. Lebeaux et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

An In Vitro Study on the Effects of Nisin on the Antibacterial Activities of 18 Antibiotics against Enterococcus faecalis

(2014) Zhongchun Tong et al.   PLoS One

Broad-Spectrum Anti-biofilm Peptide That Targets a Cellular Stress Response

(2014) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Synergistic Effects and Antibiofilm Properties of Chimeric Peptides against Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains

(2013) Ramamourthy Gopal et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In vitro pharmacokinetics of antimicrobial cationic peptides alone and in combination with antibiotics against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

(2013) Sibel Dosler et al.   PEPTIDES

Discovery of novel RIP derivatives by alanine scanning for the treatment of S. aureus infections

(2013) Leonardo Baldassarre et al.   MedChemComm

New trends in peptide-based anti-biofilm strategies: a review of recent achievements and bioinformatic approaches

(2012) Paula Jorge et al.   BIOFOULING

Quorum sensing inhibitors: An overview

(2012) Vipin Chandra Kalia   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Synergistic antibacterial efficacy of early combination treatment with tobramycin and quorum-sensing inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intraperitoneal foreign-body infection mouse model

(2012) L. D. Christensen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Extracellular DNA within a NontypeableHaemophilus influenzae-Induced Biofilm Binds Human Beta Defensin-3 and Reduces Its Antimicrobial Activity

(2012) Eric A. Jones et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Quorum sensing inhibitor FS3-coated vascular graft enhances daptomycin efficacy in a rat model of staphylococcal infection

(2012) Oscar Cirioni et al.   PEPTIDES

Involvement of Iron in Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Mei-Hui Lin et al.   PLoS One

Quorum Sensing Inhibitors Increase the Susceptibility of Bacterial Biofilms to Antibiotics In Vitro and In Vivo

(2011) Gilles Brackman et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Bactericidal synergy of lysostaphin in combination with antimicrobial peptides

(2011) A. P. Desbois et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Sulfhydryl compounds reduce Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation by inhibiting PIA biosynthesis

(2010) Xiaoqian Wu et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms

(2010) Niels Høiby et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Biofilm Dispersal: Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Potential Therapeutic Uses

(2010) J.B. Kaplan   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

Anti-virulence strategies to combat bacteria-mediated disease

(2010) David A. Rasko et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

The biofilm matrix

(2010) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Inhibitory Effects of Lactoferrin on Growth and Biofilm Formation of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia

(2009) H. Wakabayashi et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In vitro bactericidal activity of the N-terminal fragment of the frog peptide esculentin-1b (Esc 1–18) in combination with conventional antibiotics against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

(2009) Giuseppantonio Maisetta et al.   PEPTIDES

BMAP-28 improves the efficacy of vancomycin in rat models of gram-positive cocci ureteral stent infection

(2008) Fiorenza Orlando et al.   PEPTIDES