Challenge in the Discovery of New Drugs: Antimicrobial Peptides against WHO-List of Critical and High-Priority Bacteria

• Main Authors: Cesar Augusto Roque-Borda (Author), Patricia Bento da Silva (Author), Mosar Corrêa Rodrigues (Author), Ricardo Bentes Azevedo (Author), Leonardo Di Filippo (Author), Jonatas L. Duarte (Author), Marlus Chorilli (Author), Eduardo Festozo Vicente (Author), Fernando Rogério Pavan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacterial resistance has intensified in recent years due to the uncontrolled use of conventional drugs, and new bacterial strains with multiple resistance have been reported. This problem may be solved by using antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which fulfill their bactericidal activity without developi...