Antimicrobial activity of synthetic salivary peptides against voice prosthetic microorganisms

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-

  Elving, G Jolanda ^a   Van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   van Nieuw Amerongen, Arie ^b   Veerman, Enno C I ^b   van Weissenbruch, Ranny ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptides; Candida; staphylococci; streptococci; Voice prostheses

Indexed keywords

HISTATIN; LACTOFERRIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; CYSTATINS; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; SALIVARY PROTEINS; YEASTS;

EID: 0033975108     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200002010-00027     Document Type: Article

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