Garlic ointment inhibits biofilm formation by bacterial pathogens from burn wounds

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 662-671

  Nidadavolu, Pushpalatha ^a   Amor, Wail ^b   Tran, Phat L ^a   Dertien, Janet ^c   Colmer Hamood, Jane A ^a   Hamood, Abdul N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OINTMENT BASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BURN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GARLIC; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; BURNS; GARLIC; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84859809566     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.038638-0     Document Type: Article

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