The effects of some formulation factors used in ophthalmic preparations on thiomersal activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-255

  Abuqaddom, A I ^a   Darwish, R M ^a   Muti, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Dar Al Dawa   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cosolvents; EDTA; Isotonic agents; Thiomersal; Viscosity increasing agents

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHELATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; COSOLVENTS; ISOTONIC AGENT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MINIMUM INHIBITION CONCENTRATIONS; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIOMERSAL; VISCOSITY INCREASING AGENT;

VISCOSITY;

BORIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; EYE DROPS; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; MANNITOL; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PRESERVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; THIOMERSAL;

MICROBIOLOGY; SOLVENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG FORMULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0042661238     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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