In vitro susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA to four disinfectants

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 260-263

  Suzuki, Junji ^a   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Kozai, Katsuyuki ^a   Nagasaka, Nobuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZALKONIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOUTH; POVIDONE-IODINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031180643     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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