Comparison of the antibacterial activity of honey from different provenance against bacteria usually isolated from skin wounds

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 375-381

  Basualdo, Claudia ^a   Sgroy, Verónica ^a   Finola, Mónica S ^a   Marioli, Juan M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Honey; Honey source

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HONEY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WOUND;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HONEY; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34547935546     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.039     Document Type: Article

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