Interactions between biocide cationic agents and bacterial biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1469-1474

  Campanac, C ^a   Pineau, L ^a   Payard, A ^a   Baziard Mouysset, G ^a   Roques, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOCIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036236077     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.5.1469-1474.2002     Document Type: Article

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