Comparative susceptibility of resident and transient hand bacteria to para-chloro-meta-xylenol and triclosan

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 336-344

  Johnson, S A ^a   Goddard, P A ^b   Iliffe, C ^b   Timmins, B ^b   Rickard, A H ^a   Robson, G ^a   Handley, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RECKITT BENCKISER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RNA; STRAIN;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATIONS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLANKTONIC-CELLS; POTENTIAL TRANSIENTS; TRANSIENT STRAIN; TRICLOSAN; XYLENOL;

BIOCIDES;

BIOCIDE; CHLOROXYLENOL; POLYSTYRENE; RNA 16S; TRICLOSAN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; SKIN FLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036367247     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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