Efficacy of hospital germicides against adenovirus 8, a common cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in health care facilities

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1419-1424

  Rutala, William A ^a,b   Peacock, Jeffrey E ^c   Gergen, Maria F ^a   Sobsey, Mark D ^c   Weber, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACCEL TB; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTOSHIELD; CHLORINE; CHLOROXYLENOL; CLOROX CLEAN UP CLEANSER; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYBIPHENYL; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LYSOL; MEDICATED SOFT 'N SURE; MICROCYN; NOVAPLUS; PHTHALALDEHYDE; POVIDONE IODINE; TBQ; TRICLOSAN; VESPHENE II; VIRUS ANTIBODY; WAVICIDE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 8; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FETAL CALF SERUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WATER HARDNESS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 33645798070     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1419-1424.2006     Document Type: Article

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