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Evaluation of the medicinal use of clay minerals as antibacterial agents

Natural clays have been used to heal skin infections since the earliest recorded history. Recently our attention was drawn to a clinical use of French green clay (rich in Fe-smectite) for healing Buruli ulcer, a necrotizing fasciitis (‘flesh-eating’ infection) caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. These...

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Main Authors: Williams, Lynda B., Haydel, Shelley E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904249/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20640226
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00206811003679737
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