In vitro efficacy of a polyhexamethylene biguanide-impregnated gauze dressing against bacteria found in veterinary patients

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-411

  Lee, William R ^a,b   Tobias, Karen M ^a   Bemis, David A ^a   Rohrbach, Barton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial inhibition; Gauze dressing; Polyhexamethylene biguanide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; MICROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI;

BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BIGUANIDES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISINFECTANTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 4344667925     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04059.x     Document Type: Article

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