Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides (HDPs), are important
effector immune defense molecules in multicellular organisms. AMPs exert their …

Emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria poses a serious public health
challenge worldwide. However, antibiotic resistance genes are not confined to the clinic; …

The discovery of antibiotics has created a turning point in medical interventions to
pathogenic infections, but unfortunately, each discovery was consistently followed by the …

The major targets for antibiotics in staphylococci are (i) the cell envelope,(ii) the ribosome
and (iii) nucleic acids. Several novel targets emerged from recent targeted drug discovery …

In the present scenario, resistance to antibiotics is one of the crucial issues related to public
health. Earlier, such resistance to antibiotics was limited to nosocomial infections, but it has …

Enterococcus species are natural inhabitants of the intestinal tract in humans and animals,
and due to their ubiquity in human and animal feces and their persistence in the …

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges for the clinical sector and industry,
environment and societal development. One of the most important pathogens responsible …

The discovery, commercialization, and routine administration of antimicrobial compounds to
treat infections revolutionized modern medicine and changed the therapeutic paradigm …

Background Resistance to antibiotics is a major public-health problem and antibiotic use is
being increasingly recognised as the main selective pressure driving this resistance. Our …

S. aureus infections in intensive care units in the National Nosocomial Infections
Surveillance System. Data include the total number of infections from 1987 to 1997. Isolates …