Medical-grade honey kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria in vitro and eradicates skin colonization

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1677-1682

  Kwakman, Paulus H S ^a   Van Den Akker, Johannes P C ^a   Güçlü, Ahmet ^a   Aslami, Hamid ^a   Binnekade, Jan M ^a   De Boer, Leonie ^a   Boszhard, Laura ^a   Paulus, Frederique ^a   Middelhoek, Pauline ^a   Te Velde, Anje A ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a,b   Schultz, Marcus J ^a   Zaat, Sebastian A J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; REVAMIL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HONEY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 43949134237     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587892     Document Type: Article

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