Treatment of Pseudomonas nail infections with 0.1% octenidine dihydrochloride solution

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-68

  Rigopoulos, D ^a,c   Rallis, E ^b   Gregoriou, S ^a   Larios, G ^a   Belyayeva, Y ^a   Gkouvi, K ^a   Katsambas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nails, infection; Octenidine; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OCTENIDINE; SOL OCTENISEPT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NAIL COLOR; NAIL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PYRIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149086729     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000171816     Document Type: Letter

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