Efficacy of biocides against hospital isolates of Staphylococcus sensitive and resistant to methicillin, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina;Eficacia de algunos biocidas contra estafilococos hospitalarios sensibles y resistentes a la meticilina en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Reynaldo, Mirta Beatriz ^a   Flores, Mónica Beatriz ^b,c   Viegas Caetano, José Alberto ^d   Magariños, María Del Carmen ^c  

^a Carrera del Investigador Cie   (Argentina)

^b Hosp Interzonal Especializado P   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^d Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOCIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IODINE; POVIDONE IODINE; BENZALKONIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLOROXYLENOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IODINE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLENE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINE CULTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARGENTINA; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POVIDONE-IODINE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; XYLENES;

EID: 14044260151     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892004000900005     Document Type: Article

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