Biohybrid Polymer-Antimicrobial Peptide Medium against Enterococcus faecalis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Eckhard, Lea H ^a   Sol, Asaf ^a   Abtew, Ester ^b   Shai, Yechiel ^c   Domb, Abraham J ^a   Bachrach, Gilad ^a   Beyth, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RICINOLEIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84954096190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109413     Document Type: Article

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