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J. Overhage, A. Campisano, M. Bains, E. C. Torfs, B. H. Rehm and R. E. Hancock, “Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Prevents Bacterial Biofilm Formation,” Infection and Immunity, Vol. 76, No. 9, 2008, pp. 4176-4182. doi:10.1128/IAI.00318-08

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• TITLE: Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Bloodstream Infection to the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

  AUTHORS: Sinead McNicholaswhj, Hilary Humphreys, Deirdre Fitzgerald Hughes

  KEYWORDS: Staphylococcus aureus; Bloodstream Infection; LL-37

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol.3 No.1, March 13, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Both bacterial and host factors contribute to complicated bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). One bacterial factor that may affect the persistence of S. aureus in complicated BSI is reduced susceptibility to the innate immune defence peptide LL-37. LL-37 susceptibility among S. aureus isolates causing uncomplicated and complicated BSI was investigated. Following incubation with 2.5 μg/ml LL-37 for 1 h, the mean percentage survival was 67.6% and 74.9% for isolates causing uncomplicated and complicated BSI, respectively. Reduced LL-37 susceptibility may contribute to the persistence of S. aureus in complicated BSI.