ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS, FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention provides antimicrobial peptides and analogs thereof that are cytostatic or cytotoxic toward at least one gram-negative bacterium of the genus Acinetobacter including laboratory or clinical isolates of A.baumannii with low or non-detectable cytotoxicity against mammalian cells. Optionally, the antimicrobial peptides and analogs thereof are also cytotoxic or cytostatic against other unrelated bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus.