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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Main Authors: Paula Blanco, Karin Hjort, José L. Martínez, Dan I. Andersson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c8646e9dc1c24940802c1363f18c5c78
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