Antimicrobial Peptide Exposure Selects for Resistant and Fit <named-content content-type="genus-species">Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</named-content> Mutants That Show Cross-Resistance to Antibiotics
ABSTRACT Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential components of the innate immune system and have been proposed as promising therapeutic agents against drug-resistant microbes. AMPs possess a rapid bactericidal mode of action and can interact with different targets, but bacteria can also avoid th...
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American Society for Microbiology
2020
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c8646e9dc1c24940802c1363f18c5c78 |
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