The unusual antibacterial activity of medical-grade Leptospermum honey: Antibacterial spectrum, resistance and transcriptome analysis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1199-1208

  Blair, S E ^a,b   Cokcetin, N N ^a   Harry, E J ^b   Carter, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEPTOSPERMUM EXTRACT; MEDIHONEY; NATURAL PRODUCT; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEY; LEPTOSPERMUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HONEY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPERMUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 70349696567     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0763-z     Document Type: Article

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