Efficacy of chlorhexidine, polihexanide and tissue-tolerable plasma against pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms grown on polystyrene and silicone materials

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Hubner N O ^a   Matthes, R ^a   Koban, I ^b   Randler C ^a   Muller G ^a   Bender, C ^a   Kindel, E ^c   Kocher, T ^b   Kramer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Centre for Dental and Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm efficacy; Chlorhexidine; Polihexanide; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Tissue tolerable plasma

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; COSMOCIL; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYSTYRENE; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIGUANIDES; BIOFILMS; CHLORHEXIDINE; GENTIAN VIOLET; PLASMA GASES; POLYSTYRENES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SILICONES;

EID: 77956524046     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318265     Document Type: Article

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