Permeation of chlorhexidine from alcoholic and aqueous solutions within excised human skin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1717-1719

  Karpanen, T J ^a   Worthington, T ^a   Conway, B R ^a   Hilton, A C ^a   Elliott, T S J ^b   Lambert, P A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ANTISEPSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXCISION; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 65649115851     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01289-08     Document Type: Letter

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