Induction of antibacterial activity in larvae of the blowfly Lucilia sericata by an infected environment

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-381

  Kawabata, T ^a   Mitsui, H ^a   Yokota, K ^a   Ishino, K ^a   Oguma, K ^a   Sano, S ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Lucilia sericata; Maggot debridement therapy; Natural infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; FLY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHATE; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LARVA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA SERICATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78149405039     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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