Honey: A realistic antimicrobial for disorders of the skin

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-167

  McLoone, Pauline ^a   Warnock, Mary ^b   Fyfe, Lorna ^b  

^a NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Dermatology; Honey; Wound infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTHRODERMA OTAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALASSEZIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SILVER DRESSING; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; SKIN DISEASES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HONEY; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84923540268     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.01.009     Document Type: Review

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