Lyophilised wafers as vehicles for the topical release of chlorhexidine digluconate - Release kinetics and efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 439, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 157-164

  Labovitiadi, Olga ^a,b   Lamb, Andrew J ^a   Matthews, Kerr H ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial wafers; Chlorhexidine digluconate; Diffusion cell; Disc diffusion; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG VEHICLE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE WAFER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; FLOW KINETICS; LYOPHILISATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER TRANSPORT; WOUND FLUID;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALGINATES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FREEZE DRYING; GALACTANS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; KARAYA GUM; KINETICS; MANNANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT GUMS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84868259552     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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