Alcoholic ingredients in skin disinfectants increase biofilm expression of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 683-687

  Knobloch, Johannes K M ^a   Horstkotte, Matthias A ^a   Rohde, Holger ^a   Kaulfers, Paul Michael ^a   Mack, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ADHESIN; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROPANOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOREIGN BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BIOFILMS; DISINFECTANTS; ETHANOL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036241499     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/49.4.683     Document Type: Article

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