The continued use of antibiotics has been accompanied by the rapid emergence and spread
of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host …

The evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an ongoing and troubling development that
has increased the number of diseases and infections that risk going untreated. There is an …

During the development of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) as potential therapeutics,
antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) stands as an essential part of the process in …

Naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) hold promise as future therapeutics
against multidrug resistant microorganisms. Recently, we have discovered that a derivative …

In the last decades, the indiscriminate use of conventional antibiotics has generated high
rates of microbial resistance. This situation has increased the need for obtaining new …

The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria has led to exploration of alternative
therapeutic agents such as ribosomally synthesized bacterial peptides known as …

More than a thousand antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been reported in the last decades
arising from the skin secretion of amphibian species. Generally, each frog species can …

An increasing number of multidrug-resistant pathogens is a serious problem of modern
medicine and new antibiotics are highly demanded. In this study, different n-alkyl acids (C2 …

In an era where the pipeline of new antibiotic development is drying up, the continuous rise
of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) bacteria are genuine …

Fungal infections caused by Candida species are among the most prevalent in hospitalized
patients. However, current methods for the detection of Candida fungal cells in clinical …