Unlocking the sporicidal potential of ethanol: Induced sporicidal activity of ethanol against clostridium difficile and bacillus spores under altered physical and chemical conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Nerandzic, Michelle M ^a   Sunkesula, Venkata C K ^a,b   Sankar C , Thriveen ^b   Setlow, Peter ^c   Donskey, Curtis J ^b,d  

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

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HAND SANITIZER; SOAP; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HAND WASHING; HEATING; HYGIENE PRODUCT; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIG; SKIN; SPORICIDAL ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SKIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84941353211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132805     Document Type: Article

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