The antibacterial activity of plaunotol against Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis

Microbios

Volumn 96, Issue 385, 1998, Pages 149-155

  Matsumoto, Y ^a   Hamashima, H ^a   Masuda, K ^a   Shiojima, K ^a   Sasatsu, M ^a   Arai, T ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Atopic dermatitis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Plaunotol; Skin care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FATTY ALCOHOL; METICILLIN; PLAUNOTOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032243050     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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