In Vitro and In Vivo Antistaphylococcal Activity of Human Stratum Corneum Lipids

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 209-215

  Miller, Stanley J ^a   Aly, Raza ^a   Shinefeld, Henry R ^a   Elias, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; SKIN LIPID;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMAN; LIPIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023857815     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1988.01670020027012     Document Type: Article

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