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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
In order to develop antimicrobial mixtures which provide broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity for use with cultured cell autografts, several individual antimicrobial agents, in concentrations non-toxic for cells in culture, were tested against a variety of bacteria and Candida spp. isolated from burn patients. An agar well diffusion topical assay was used. Antimicrobials active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and antifungal agents, individually, were uniformly effective against their respective spectra of organisms. Broad-spectrum antibacterials were uniformly effective against Gram-negative bacteria but their activity varied against Gram-positive bacteria. Adding an agent active against Gram-positive bacteria to all broad spectrum antibacterial agents conferred uniform Gram-positive activity to the mixture. One mixture consisting of specific Gram-negative, Gram-positive and broad spectrum antibacterial agents, was uniformly active against all bacteria tested and the addition of antifungal agents extended the activity to cover Candida spp. without interfering with the mixture's overall antibacterial activity. Another mixture showed either additive or antagonistic activities against the battery of microorganisms tested. Thus, these methods can be used to identify mixtures of antimicrobials, in concentrations non-toxic for cells in culture, that have very broad spectra of antimicrobial activity. Such mixtures should be evaluated in patients when cultured skin grafts are used.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0305-7453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
457-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Administration, Topical, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Anti-Infective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Antifungal Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Candida, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Ciprofloxacin, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Gram-Negative Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Gram-Positive Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Mupirocin, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Neomycin, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Nystatin, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Polymyxin B, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Skin Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8889720-Staphylococcus aureus
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Formulation of 'idealized' topical antimicrobial mixtures for use with cultured skin grafts.
pubmed:affiliation
Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article