The ability of nisin F to control Staphylococcus aureus infection in the peritoneal cavity, as studied in mice

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 645-649

  Brand, A M ^a   De Kwaadsteniet, M ^a   Dicks, L M T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Nisin F; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; MAMMALS; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

C57BL/6 MICE; EMISSION LEVEL; IN-VIVO; INTRAPERITONEALLY; NISIN F; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHOTON EMISSIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILE SALINE; VIABLE CELLS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NISIN; NISIN F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

MUS; PHOTORHABDUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78349303438     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02948.x     Document Type: Article

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