Differential activity of innate defense antimicrobial peptides against <it>Nocardia </it>species

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Members of the genus <it>Nocardia </it>are ubiquitous environmental saprophytes capable to cause human pulmonary, disseminated and cutaneous nocardiosis or bovine mastitis. Innate immunity appears to play an important rol...

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Main Authors: Wagner Dirk, Huth Anja, Fähnrich Eva, Meier Benjamin, Rieg Siegbert, Kern Winfried V, Kalbacher Hubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/61