Excretions/secretions from bacteria-pretreated maggot are more effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

BACKGROUND: Sterile larvae--maggots of the green bottle blowfly Lucilia sericata are employed as a treatment tool for various types of chronic wounds. Previous studies reported that excretions/secretions (ES) of the sterile larvae could prevent and remove the biofilms of various species of bacteria....

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Main Authors: Ke-chun Jiang, Xin-juan Sun, Wei Wang, Lan Liu, Ying Cai, Yin-chen Chen, Ning Luo, Jian-hua Yu, Da-yong Cai, Ai-ping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511504?pdf=render