In vivo effect of carbon dioxide laser-skin resurfacing and mechanical abrasion on the skin's microbial flora in an animal model

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-364

  Manolis, Evangelos N ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^a   Kaklamanos, Ioannis ^a   Markogiannakis, Antonios ^a   Siomos, Konstadinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; ESTHETICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REJUVENATION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SURFACE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DERMABRASION; LASERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33645460314     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32073.x     Document Type: Article

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