Eradication of resident bacteria of normal human skin by antimicrobial ointment

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1988-1990

  Hendley, J Owen ^a   Ashe, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; PETROLATUM; PLACEBO; POLYMYXIN; POLYSPORIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN; SKIN FLORA; STRATUM CORNEUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACITRACIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MUPIROCIN; NEOMYCIN; PETROLATUM; POLYMYXIN B; SKIN;

EID: 0038778654     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.1988-1990.2003     Document Type: Article

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