Surface microbial contamination in some commonly available tablet dosage forms

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 290-299

  Obuekwe, C O ^a   Obuekwe, I F ^b   Rafiq, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Microbial contamination; Tablets

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; KUWAIT; NIGERIA; PENICILLIUM; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0034448744     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054256     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Ecology of microorganisms as it affects the pharmaceutical industry
2. Microbial stability of drugs stored under tropical conditions
3. Microbial contamination of medical preparation. 1965. Report to the Swedish National Board of Health
4. A survey into microbial contamination of nonsterile pharamceutical products
5. Microbial contamination, growth and survival in non-sterile pharmaceutical preparations in the tropics
6. Contamination of non-sterile pharmaceuticals in hospital and community environments
7. Microbial spoilage and preservation of pharmaceutical products
8. Severe sepsis after intravenous injection of contaminated propofol
9. Postoperative infections traced to contamination of an intravenous anesthetic, propofol
10. Effect of some bacterial species on the disintegration properties of four commercial brands of acetyl salicylic acid tablets
11. Generated surface area measurement of disintegrating tablets
12. A study by infrared spectroscopy of interactions between the time of disintegration of tablets and liberation of active principal
13. The correlation between the disintegration time and the bio-availability of vitamin C tablets
14. Bioremediation of crude oil pollution in the Kuwait desert: The role of adherent microorganisms
15. Bacterial biofilms in nature and disease
16. High prevalence of opportunistic infections in the head and neck related to human immunodeficiency virus: A prospective study of the distribution of otorhinolaryngologic disorders in 250 patients
17. Human microsporidial infections
18. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as complication of immunosuppressive therapy