Effect of permeabilizing agents on antibacterial activity against a simple Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Ayres, H M ^a   Payne, D N ^b   Furr, J R ^a   Russell, A D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Reckitt & Colman   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCREEN; PS. AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIMPLE++; STAINLESS STEEL DISCS; SUSPENSION TEST;

BIOFILMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE ACETATE; CHLOROXYLENOL; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; STAINLESS STEEL; TARTARIC ACID; TRICLOSAN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUSPENSION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031823916     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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