Selective antimicrobial activity of maggots against pathogenic bacteria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-625

  Jaklič, Domen ^a   Lapanje, Aleš ^a,b   Zupančič, Kiemen ^a   Smrke, Dragica ^c   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Physical Biology   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARVA; MAGGOT THERAPY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXTRACTS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 43049124841     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47515-0     Document Type: Article

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