Induced sporicidal activity of chlorhexidine against clostridium difficile spores under altered physical and chemical conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Nerandzic, Michelle M ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURATION; HEAT; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PH;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ETHANOL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84929497870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123809     Document Type: Article

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