Antimicrobial efficacy of liposome-encapsulated silver ions and tea tree oil against pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus and candida albicans

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-39

  Low, W L ^a   Martin, C ^a   Hill, D J ^a   Kenward, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Biocides; Infection; Silver ions; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; METAL IONS; SILVER;

AG +; ANTIMICROBIAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION INDICES; INFECTION; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER IONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEA TREE OIL;

YEAST;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPOSOME; SILVER ION; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE TREATMENT; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PESTICIDE; SILVER; TEA; VEGETABLE OIL; WOUNDING;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879026280     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12082     Document Type: Article

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