Table 1.
Disease | Microbial agent | Region of infection | Active AMPs | Reference |
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Folliculitis | Staphylococcus aureus | Hair follicles | UBI | Brouwer et al. 2006 |
TsAP-2 | Guo et al. 2013 | |||
NRC-16 | Gopal et al. 2013 | |||
Epinecidin 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 | Lin et al. 2013 | |||
PE1 & PE2 | Huang et al. 2013 | |||
HM2 & HM5 | Park et al. 2004 | |||
Ranalexin | Aleinein et al. 2013 | |||
Plc-2 | Souza et al. 2013 | |||
Hot tub folliculitis | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Hair follicles | Stylisin 2 | Dahiya & Gautam, 2010 |
NRC-16 | Gopal et al. 2013 | |||
PE1 & PE2 | Huang et al. 2013 | |||
Plc-2 | Souza et al. 2013 | |||
Impetigo | Staphylococcus aureus | Skin | See above | See above |
Staphylococcus pyogenes | Ranalexin | Aleinein et al. 2013 | ||
Dermatophytosis | Microsporum audouinii | Skin | Stylisin 2 | Dahiya & Gautam, 2010 |
Microsporum gypseum | Tachyplesin III | Simonetti et al. 2009 | ||
White piedra | Trichosporon beigelii | Hair | HM2 & HM5 | Huang et al. 2013 |
Rev-NIS | Lee & Lee 2009 | |||
Seborrheic dermatitis | Malassezia furfur | Scalp, face, torso | P5 | Ryu et al. 2011 |
Rev-NIS | Lee & Lee 2009 | |||
Onychomycosis | Trichophyton rubrum | Nail | Cryptocandin | Stobel et al. 1999 |
Tachyplesin III | Simonetti et al. 2009 | |||
Trichophyton mentagrophytes | Nail | Stylisin 2 | Dahiya & Gautam 2010 | |
A12-C | Gálvez et al. 1993 | |||
Cryptocandin | Stobel et al. 1999 | |||
Tachyplesin III | Simonetti et al. 2009 | |||
Athlete’s foot (tinea pedi) | Trichophyton rubrum | Foot | See above | See above |
Intertrigo | Candida albicans | Body folds | Stylisin 2 | Dahiya & Gautam 2010 |
TsAP-2 | Guo et al. 2013 | |||
HM2 & HM5 | Park et al. 2004 | |||
Cryptocandin | Stobel et al. 1999 | |||
Ranalexin | Aleinein et al. 2013 | |||
Rev-NIS | Lee & Lee 2009 | |||
Jock itch/tinea cruris | Trichophyton rubrum | Groin | See above | See above |
Ringworm—tinea corporis | Trichophyton rubrum | Glabrous skin | See above | See above |
Microsporum canis | A12-C | Gálvez et al. 1993 | ||
Tachyplesin III | Simonetti et al. 2009 | |||
Trichophyton mentagrophytes | See above | See above | ||
Tinea versicolor | Malassezia furfur | Trunk and proximal extremities | See above | See above |
Atopic eczema and seborrhoeic eczema, dandruff | Malassezia sympodialis | Skin | Arg9 | Holm et al. 2012 |
Tat (47–57) | ||||
Pnetratin | ||||
pVEC | ||||
Scrambled pVEC | ||||
Tinea barbae | Trichophyton mentagrophytes | Hair and beard | See above | See above |