Do maggots have an influence on bacterial growth? A study on the susceptibility of strains of six different bacterial species to maggots of Lucilia sericata and their excretions/secretions

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 80-87

  Cazander, G ^a   van Veen, K E B ^a   Bernards, A T ^b   Jukema, G N ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bacterial growth; Disinfection; Excretions secretions; Lucilia sericata; Maggot

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MAGGOT THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BODILY SECRETIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIPTERA; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; LARVA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650083116     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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