The antimicrobial effect of lysozyme on nasal mucosa

Glück, U.

Hno 37(5): 207-210

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0017-6192
PMID: 2659560
Document Number: 343454
We tested the effect of lysozyme on the nasal mucosa in a controlled double-blind in vivo study. The administration of non-pathogenic vaccine strains of living measles virus and of living Vivotif bacteria (attenuated Salmonella typhi) to 14 healthy subjects showed that lysozyme possesses a clear antimicrobial and antiviral effect.

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