Antibacterial effects of a chitosan-containing spray: Results of a pilot study

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1237-1240

  Landeck, Lilla ^a   Sabath, Sonja ^a   John, Swen Malte ^a   Gediga, Guenther ^b   Schurer, Nanna Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITOSAN; DRUG VEHICLE;

AEROSOL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY; VEHICLES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHITOSAN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; SOLUBILITY; VEHICLES;

EID: 78049497162     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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