The antibacterial properties of docosahexaenoic omega-3 fatty acid against the cystic fibrosis multiresistant pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-69

  Mil Homens, Dalila ^a   Bernardes, Nuno ^a   Fialho, Arsénio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agent; Burkholderia cenocepacia; Docosahexaenoic acid; Long chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CERVONIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

EID: 84856461868     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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