Chlorhexidine gluconate versus chloroxylenol for preoperative skin preparation in dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 487-494

  Stubbs, W Preston ^a   Bellah, Jamie R ^a   Vermaas Hekman, Donna ^a   Purich, Barbara ^a   Kubilis, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLOROXYLENOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DOGS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; XYLENES;

EID: 0030279198     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1996.tb01448.x     Document Type: Article

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