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Comprehensive study to investigate the role of various aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

(2017) Vajihe Sheikhalizadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Correlation between ability of biofilm formation with their responsible genes and MDR patterns in clinical and environmental Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

(2017) Ali Mohammadi Bardbari et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Melittin and its potential in the destruction and inhibition of the biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from bovine milk

(2017) Tony Picoli et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Peptides with Dual Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities

(2017) Mário R. Felício et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Enzymes Enhance Biofilm Removal Efficiency of Cleaners

(2016) Philipp Stiefel et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Treatment options for infections caused by carbapenem-resistantEnterobacteriaceae: can we apply “precision medicine” to antimicrobial chemotherapy?

(2016) Federico Perez et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY

Antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities of melittin and colistin, alone and in combination with antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria

(2016) Sibel Dosler et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY

Melittin induced cytogenetic damage, oxidative stress and changes in gene expression in human peripheral blood lymphocytes

(2016) Goran Gajski et al.   TOXICON

Patterns of biofilm structure and formation kinetics among Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates with different antibiotic resistance profiles

(2016) E. Dahdouh et al.   MedChemComm

Investigation of the molecular epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients and environmental contamination

(2015) Chunmei Ying et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS

Melittin, a honeybee venom-derived antimicrobial peptide, may target methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2015) JI HAE CHOI et al.   Molecular Medicine Reports

Antifungal activity of amphotericin B and voriconazole against the biofilms and biofilm-dispersed cells of Candida albicans employing a newly developed in vitro pharmacokinetic model

(2015) Mohamed El-Azizi et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Prevalence of ESBL and MBL encoding genes in Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from patients of intensive care units (ICU)

(2015) Marzieh Safari et al.   SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biofilm formation by Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from medical devices at the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Tlemcen (Algeria)

(2014) Mhamedi Imane et al.   African Journal of Microbiology Research

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

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

Functional synergy of α-helical antimicrobial peptides and traditional antibiotics against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in vitro and in vivo

(2014) Q. Feng et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Inhibition and destruction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides

(2014) Sibel Dosler et al.   PEPTIDES

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

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

Carbapenem resistance inAcinetobacter baumannii: laboratory challenges, mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies

(2013) Iain Abbott et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

The human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 and its fragments possess both antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

(2013) Xiaorong Feng et al.   PEPTIDES

Antibiotic development challenges: the various mechanisms of action of antimicrobial peptides and of bacterial resistance

(2013) Fernanda Guilhelmelli et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization of bacterial biofilms formed on urinary catheters

(2012) Ryad Djeribi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Antimicrobial peptides: agents of border protection for companion animals

(2012) Brian C. Leonard et al.   VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY

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(2012) Aoife Howard et al.   Virulence

In vitro activity of several antimicrobial peptides against colistin-susceptible and colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

(2011) X. Vila-Farres et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

The Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm-Associated Protein Plays a Role in Adherence to Human Epithelial Cells

(2011) Kari A. Brossard et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Acinetobacter baumannii biofilms: Variations among strains and correlations with other cell properties

(2011) Christin N. McQueary et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Designing antimicrobial peptides: form follows function

(2011) Christopher D. Fjell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Antibacterial and anti-biofilm effects of cathelicidin peptides against pathogens isolated from cystic fibrosis patients

(2011) A. Pompilio et al.   PEPTIDES

Antimicrobial peptides: General overview and clinical implications in human health and disease

(2010) Eduardo Guaní-Guerra et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Biofilm production by clinical strains ofAcinetobacter baumanniiisolated from patients hospitalized in two tertiary care hospitals

(2008) Marta M. Wroblewska et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY