Microbicidal activity of a new silver-containing polymer, SPI-ARGENT II

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2440-2442

  Kampf, Günter ^a   Dietze, Beate ^a   Große Siestrup, Christian ^b   Wendt, Constanze ^a   Martiny, Heike ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLYMER; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031691088     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.9.2440     Document Type: Article

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