Biocides-resistance, cross-resistance mechanisms and assessment

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-206

  Gnanadhas, Divya Prakash ^a   Marathe, Sandhya Amol ^a   Chakravortty, Dipshikha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biguanides; Biocide resistance; Biocides; Cross resistance; Disinfectant; Quaternary ammonium compound; Resistance detection

Indexed keywords

1 (1 NAPHTHYLMETHYL)PIPERAZINE; 1,3 DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ANILIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; BIOCIDE; BROMINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC ACID; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; METHENAMINE; PHENYLALANINE ARGININE BETA NAPHTHYLAMIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURFACE; CROSS RESISTANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84872229094     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: 17447658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2013.748035     Document Type: Review

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