The effect of brief exposure to sub-therapeutic concentrations of chlorhexidine gluconate on the germ tube formation of oral Candida albicans and its relationship to post-antifungal effect

Oral Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 166-171

  Ellepola, A N B ^a,b   Samaranayake, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chlorhexidine; Germ tube and post antifungal effect (PAFE)

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; MOUTH CAVITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MOUTH; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034040506     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2000.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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