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Name
- CSA(cationic steroid antibiotics)
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Description
- The CSAs share structural features in common with the AMPs that form part of the bodys innate immune system.
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Target Organism
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- In planktonic cultures, the minimal inhibitory and minimal bactericidal concentrations of CSA-13 were in the 1-25 mg/L range except for one mucoid clinical strain which was much less sensitive to tobramycin (minimal bactericidal concentration, 65-125 mg/L). At concentrations higher than 20 mg/L, it permeabilized the plasma membrane of human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
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Medical use
- Anti-infective,including multi-drug resistant organisms such as pseudomonas, MRSA and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus
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Stage of Development
- Preclinical
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