Benzalkonium chloride: A potential disinfecting irrigation solution for orthopaedic wounds

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 346, Issue , 1998, Pages 255-261

  Tarbox, B Bus ^a   Conroy, Brian P ^a   Malicky, Eric S ^a   Moussa, Frank W ^a   Hockman, David E ^a   Anglen, Jeffrey O ^a,b,c   Simpson, W A ^a,b   Adelstein, Edward H ^a,b   Christensen, Gordon ^a,b   Gainor, Barry J ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c M562 Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0031963609     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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