Evaluation of bactericidal activity and lag of regrowth (postantibiotic effect) of five antiseptics on nine bacterial pathogens

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Fuursted, Kurt ^a   Hjort, Anja ^a   Knudsen, Lizette ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PHENOXYETHANOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; MANDELIC ACID; POVIDONE IODINE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORAMINES; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; EVALUATION STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POVIDONE-IODINE; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030866684     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.2.221     Document Type: Article

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