Skin microecology: The old and the new

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-106

  Webster, Guy F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; ECOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROSACEA; SKIN FLORA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BODY WATER; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SEBUM; SKIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33846430951     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.1.105     Document Type: Editorial

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