Bactericidal activity of manganese and iodide ions against staphylococcus aureus: A possible treatment for acute atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 360-362

  Inoue, Takafumi ^a   Inoue, Shintaro ^a   Kubota, Kazuo ^b  

^a KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kusatsu hot spring water

Indexed keywords

ANION; BACTERICIDE; CATION; IODIDE ION; MANGANESE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BALNEOTHERAPY; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPA TREATMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BALNEOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODIDES; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOLUTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032832843     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750010265     Document Type: Article

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