The osmolyte xylitol reduces the salt concentration of airway surface liquid and may enhance bacterial killing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 11614-11619

  Zabner, Joseph ^a   Seiler, Michael P ^a   Launspach, Janice L ^a   Karp, Philip H ^a   Kearney, William R ^a   Look, Dwight C ^b   Smith, Jeffrey J ^a   Welsh, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLITOL;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; LIQUID; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OSMOLALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034633688     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.21.11614     Document Type: Article

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