Antibacterial Properties of Lidocaine on Bacteria Isolated From Dermal Lesions

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 1985, Pages 1157-1159

  Miller, Marcia A ^a   Shelley, Walter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYL PARABEN;

BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THERAPY; WOUND;

BACTERIA; DRUG SYNERGISM; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA; PARABENS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84943446120     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1985.01660090071016     Document Type: Article

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