The antibacterial activity of acetic acid against biofilm-producing pathogens of relevance to burns patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Halstead, Fenella D ^a,b   Rauf, Maryam ^a,b   Moiemen, Naiem S ^a,c,d   Bamford, Amy ^a,d   Wearn, Christopher M ^a,d   Fraise, Adam P ^a   Lund, Peter A ^b   Oppenheim, Beryl A ^a   Webber, Mark A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Healing Foundation Burns Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BURN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM BIOFILM ERADICATION CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM BIOFILM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRECLINICAL STUDY; TIME FACTOR; WOUND INFECTION;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BURNS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84944769105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136190     Document Type: Article

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