Topical antibacterials: Current concepts and advances

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...

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Main Authors: Sowmyashree Krishna, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Manjunath Mala Shenoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.bldeujournalhs.in/article.asp?issn=2468-838X;year=2020;volume=5;issue=1;spage=3;epage=7;aulast=Krishna