Is manuka honey the best type of honey for wound care?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-306

  Majtan, J ^a,b   Majtan, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; HONEY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; LETTER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HONEY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 77549083654     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.08.010     Document Type: Letter

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