Antiseptic compounds still active against bacterial strains isolated from surgical wound infections despite increasing antibiotic resistance

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 553-556

  Giacometti, A ^a   Cirioni, O ^a   Greganti, G ^a   Fineo, A ^a   Ghiselli, R ^b   Del Prete, M ^a   Mocchegiani, F ^b   Fileni, B ^a   Caselli, F ^c   Petrelli, E ^c   Saba, V ^b   Scalise, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIDECYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; PEROXYMONOSULFATE POTASSIUM; PIPERACILLIN; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE IODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEROXIDES; POVIDONE-IODINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036050636     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0765-6     Document Type: Article

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