Effect of chlorhexidine and benzalkonium chloride on bacterial biofilm formation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 652-656

  Houari, A ^a   Di Martino, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Antiseptic; Benzalkonium chloride; Biofilm; Chlorhexidine; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ANTISEPTIC; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM FORMATION; CHLORHEXIDINE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE;

BIOFILMS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; PLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 36348967147     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02249.x     Document Type: Article

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