Disinfectants/antiseptics in the management of guinea worm ulcers in the rural areas

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Ogunniyi, Titus A B ^a   Oni, Peter O ^a   Juba, Adewole ^a   Asaolu, Samuel O ^a   Kolawole, Deboye O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti microbial agents; Bacterial isolates; Guinea worm; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Rural areas; Ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CETRIMIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; IZAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRICHLOROPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG PRESCRIBING; PARASITE CONTROL; RURAL AREA;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CETRIMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS NEMATODE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RURAL HEALTH; ULCER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS;

EID: 0033990350     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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