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Prevention of urinary catheter-associated infections by coating antimicrobial peptides from crowberry endophytes

Urinary catheters are extensively used in hospitals, being responsible for about 75% of hospital-acquired infections. In this work, a de novo designed antimicrobial peptide (AMP) Chain201D was studied in the context of urinary catheter-associated infections. Chain201D showed excellent antimicrobial...

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Autores principales: Monteiro, Claudia, Costa, Fabíola, Pirttilä, Anna Maria, Tejesvi, Mysore V., Martins, M. Cristina L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6656713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47108-5