Activity of human β-defensin 3 alone or combined with other antimicrobial agents against oral bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3349-3351

  Maisetta, Giuseppantonio ^a   Batoni, Giovanna ^a,b   Esin, Semih ^a   Luperini, Filippo ^a   Pardini, Manuela ^a   Bottai, Daria ^a   Florio, Walter ^a   Giuca, Maria Rita ^a   Gabriele, Mario ^a   Campa, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Patologia Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA-DEFENSIN 3; CHLORHEXIDINE; LYSOZYME; METRONIDAZOLE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 10744230290     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.10.3349-3351.2003     Document Type: Article

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