Antibacterial household products: Cause for concern

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 512-515

  Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CEFALOTIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; FLOMOXEF; LATAMOXEF; OXACILLIN; SOAP; TRICLOSAN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MUTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 0034897364     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0707.017705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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