Apart from their direct antimicrobial activity, some antimicrobial agents may interfere in the complex host-microorganism interplay by modulating the natural response to invading pathogens. The three main aspects of this non-antibiotic effect (alteration of bacterial virulence, synergism with/impairment of the natural host response, impact on effector cell progenitors) will be briefly reviewed here, along with their potential incidence in the clinical outcome of infectious diseases.
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