The enhancement effect of three sugar alcohols on the fungicidal effect of benzethonium chloride toward Candida albicans

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 965-968

  Ichikawa, T ^a   Yano, Y ^a,b   Fujita, Y ^a   Kashiwabara, T ^a   Nagao, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Candida albicans; Erythritol; Fungicidal effect; Sugar alcohol

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; ERYTHRITOL; SORBITOL; SUGAR ALCOHOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BENZETHONIUM; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERYTHRITOL; SORBITOL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; XYLITOL;

EID: 53549090999     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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