A prospective comparison between stabilized glutaraldehyde and chlorhexidine gluconate for preoperative skin antisepsis in dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 636-643

  Lambrechts, Nicolaas E ^a   Hurter, Karin ^a   Picard, Jackie A ^a   Goldin, Jeremy P ^a   Thompson, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antisepsis; Bacterial colony forming units; Chlorhexidine gluconate; Dog; Glutaraldehyde; Ovariohysterectomy; Skin preparation; Staphylococcus intermedius

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUTARAL; HYSTERECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744253428     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04086.x     Document Type: Article

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