Table 1.

Dermatological diseases, corresponding pathogens and relevant AMPs

Disease	Microbial agent	Region of infection	Active AMPs	Reference
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