Activate to Eradicate: Inhibition of Clostridium difficile Spore Outgrowth by the Synergistic Effects of Osmotic Activation and Nisin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nerandzic, Michelle M ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NISIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; SPORE GERMINATION; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NISIN; OSMOSIS; SOLUTIONS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84872767138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054740     Document Type: Article

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