Antifungal activity of the silver ion against contaminated fabric

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Jung, Woo Kyung ^a   Kim, So Hyun ^a   Koo, Hye Cheong ^a   Shin, Sook ^a   Kim, Jun Man ^a   Park, Young Kyung ^a   Hwang, Sun Young ^a   Yang, Hyesoon ^b   Park, Yong Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Laundry machine; Silver ion

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; SILVER;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLEANING; CLOTHING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HOME; HOSPITAL; LAUNDRY; MACHINE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; TEXTILE WASHING; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DETERGENTS; MICROSPORUM; SILVER; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 34250380372     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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