The Antibacterial Activity of Acetic Acid against Biofilm-Producing Pathogens of Relevance to Burns Patients

Fenella D. Halstead; Maryam Rauf; Naiem S. Moiemen; Amy Bamford; Christopher M. Wearn; Adam P. Fraise; Peter A. Lund; Beryl A. Oppenheim; Mark A. Webber

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136190

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The Antibacterial Activity of Acetic Acid against Biofilm-Producing Pathogens of Relevance to Burns Patients

Fenella D. Halstead,

Affiliations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Maryam Rauf,

Affiliations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Naiem S. Moiemen,

Affiliations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, The Healing Foundation Burns Research Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Amy Bamford,

Affiliations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, The Healing Foundation Burns Research Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Christopher M. Wearn,

Affiliations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, The Healing Foundation Burns Research Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Adam P. Fraise,

Affiliation Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Peter A. Lund,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Beryl A. Oppenheim,

Affiliations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Mark A. Webber

* E-mail: m.a.webber@bham.ac.uk

Affiliations NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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The Antibacterial Activity of Acetic Acid against Biofilm-Producing Pathogens of Relevance to Burns Patients

Fenella D. Halstead,
Maryam Rauf,
Naiem S. Moiemen,
Amy Bamford,
Christopher M. Wearn,
Adam P. Fraise,
Peter A. Lund,
Beryl A. Oppenheim,
Mark A. Webber

Published: September 9, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136190

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