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A novel approach to the antimicrobial activity of maggot debridement therapy

OBJECTIVES: Commercially produced sterile green bottle fly Lucilia sericata maggots are successfully employed by practitioners worldwide to clean a multitude of chronic necrotic wounds and reduce wound bacterial burdens during maggot debridement therapy (MDT). Secretions from the maggots exhibit ant...

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Autores principales: Andersen, Anders S., Sandvang, Dorthe, Schnorr, Kirk M., Kruse, Thomas, Neve, Søren, Joergensen, Bo, Karlsmark, Tonny, Krogfelt, Karen A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20542901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkq165