A 1,000-year-old antimicrobial remedy with antistaphylococcal activity

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Harrison, Freya ^a   Roberts, Aled E L ^a   Gabrilska, Rebecca ^b   Rumbaugh, Kendra P ^b   Lee, Christina ^a   Diggle, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALLIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; GARLIC; LEEK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WINE; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84940830295     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01129-15     Document Type: Article

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