Topical antibacterials: Current concepts and advances

• Auteurs principaux: Sowmyashree Krishna (Auteur), Spandana Prakash Hegde (Auteur), Manjunath Mala Shenoy (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Skin and mucosa act as a barrier against the entry of microbial agents, but loss of integrity of the skin weakens the host defense mechanisms and antimicrobials appear to play a role. Antibiotics have come a long way from penicillin which was accidentally discovered by Alexander Fleming when experim...