Evaluation of microbicidal activity of a new disinfectant: Sterilox® 2500 against Clostridium difficile spores, Helicobacter pylori, vancomycin resistant Enterococcus species, Candida albicans and several Mycobacterium species

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Shetty, N ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a   Holton, J ^b   Ridgway, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disinfectant; Endoscopy; Sterilox

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERICIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PERACETIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SPORE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CORROSION; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EVALUATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FILTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; SERUM; TOXICITY;

EID: 0032966329     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90046-4     Document Type: Article

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