Efficacy of disinfectants and heat against Escherichia coli O157:H7

Microbios

Volumn 98, Issue 389, 1999, Pages 7-14

  Oie, S ^a   Kamiya, A ^a   Tomita, M ^b   Katayama, A ^b   Iwasaki, A ^b   Miyamura, S ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Prefectural Research Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Chlorhexidine; Disinfection; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Ethanol; Hot water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BENZALKONIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; HEATING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEATING; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0032603406     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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