Antibacterial properties of KwaZulu Natal snake venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1529-1534

  Blaylock, Roger S M ^a  

^a Eshowe Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SNAKE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SNAKE VENOMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIODES; BACTERIODES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES; BITIS ARIETANS; BITIS GABONICA; CAUSUS RHOMBEATUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; DENDROASPIS; DENDROASPIS ANGUSTICEPS; DENDROASPIS POLYLEPIS POLYLEPIS; ELAPIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOLEUCA; NAJA; NAJA MELANOLEUCA; NAJA MOSSAMBICA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; NEPTUNIA; POLYLEPIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SERPENTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034335355     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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