Metallic copper as an antimicrobial surface

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1541-1547

  Grass, Gregor ^a   Rensing, Christopher ^b   Solioz, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL MATERIALS; ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIALS; ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE; CLEANING PROCEDURES; CLINICAL STUDY; COPPER SURFACE; MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; METALLIC COPPER; NEW APPLICATIONS; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

COPPER METALLURGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEALTH CARE; SURFACES; VIRUSES;

COPPER;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COPPER;

ALLOY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COPPER; EMERGENCE; HYGIENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TOXICITY TEST;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; COPPER; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FUNGI; INFECTION CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953208065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02766-10     Document Type: Review

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